The fast food giant is suing the U.S. meat industry's “Big Four” — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Company — and their subsidiaries, alleging a price fixing scheme for beef specifically.     by Wyatt Grantham-Phillips - Associated Press In a federal complaint, filed Friday in New York, McDonald's accused the companies of anticompetitive measures such as collectively limiting supply to boost prices and charge “illegally inflated” amounts. This collusion ...

Animal Health Canada has been awarded 13 million dollars to further its efforts to improve the health and welfare of farmed animals in Canada   by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca   Animal Health Canada has secured funding through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgriAssurance Program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to help continue its collaborative work to advance animal health and welfare in Canada.   The Funding announcement was made ...

The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports says it has reached a deal to suspend their strike until January to provide time to negotiate a new contract    by Sean Boynton - Global News The International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance said in a joint statement they have reached a tentative deal on wage increases, a key sticking point in the labour ...

Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected this year in an ongoing outbreak affecting the nation's dairy cows, health officials said    by Jones Aleccia - The Associated Press The latest cases were found in workers who had contact with infected cattle in California's Central Valley, where more than 50 herds have been affected since August. The workers developed eye redness ...

CFIA has updated the Policy on import (return) to Canada of meat products that were exported from Canada to include import requirements of exported meat products shipments for all countries including the United States     The policy has been updated to include new operational procedures and a new application form (CFIA form 5980) which is PDF fillable document.    "The CFIA has implemented a 3-month transition period to allow ...

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on the Government of Canada to do more to ensure international trade agreements, like the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, work as intended for Canadian agriculture   by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca   An article circulated through Manitoba community newspapers and posted to Manitoba Pork's web site examines international trade, the role of Canadian agriculture in the global market and ...

Canada Trade Minister Mary Ng said Tuesday the country's system of tariffs and quotas aimed at protecting its dairy, egg and chicken producers - known as supply management - is off limits in future negotiations on trade pacts   by Paul Vieira - Market Watch "I have been clear that supply management will be protected and it won't be a part of future trade negotiations," Ng told reporters in Ottawa. ...