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MONTREAL--(BW HealthWire)--May 10, 2002
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases in Canada since 1997 now number nine, yet officials there and the United States said Tuesday that brain wasting sickness transferable to humans is out of the food supply and in control. The latest case, revealed last Friday by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, involved a 6-year-old beef cow born five years after the Canadians banned animal tissue from cattle feed ingredients.
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NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER JACK LAYTON AND MP MALCOLM ALLEN WARN "UNTRAINED AND INEXPERIENCED" TEMPORARY WORKERS CAN HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON QUALITY AND SAFETY OF BEVERAGES
OTTAWA, June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In separate letters to Larry D. Young, President and CEO of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., (NYSE: DPS) and Carole Swan, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), leading Canadian officials expressed serious concerns regarding the health and safety risks of Mott's beverages in light of the company's use of untrained, inexperienced temporary workers to replace its highly-skilled workforce currently on strike. Over 300 long-term unionized workers of the Mott's manufacturing plant in Williamson, NY went on strike May 23rd as a result of unfair labor practices co...
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OTTAWA - Pigs on a Canadian farm have been infected with the new swine flu virus - apparently by a farm worker back from Mexico - and are under quarantine, officials said. It is the first known case of pigs having the virus.
But officials quickly urged caution. Swine flu regularly causes outbreaks in pigs and the pigs do not pose a food safety risk, Dr. Brian Evans, executive vice president with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, told a news conference.
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TORONTO Canada confirmed a case of mad cow disease on Sunday at a farm in British Columbia the country's fifth case since May 2003, when the United States closed its border to Canadian beef.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday it had a suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.
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Canadian scientists have developed a cattle vaccine against the dangerous E. coli strain that has wreaked havoc with fresh produce this year, first in an outbreak involving spinach, and then another with contaminated lettuce at a string of Taco Bell restaurants.
The vaccine, which targets Escherichia coli O157:H7, has been granted preliminary approval by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also is studying the vaccine, which targets a unique protein in the virulent strain. The inoculation is manufactured by Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., in Ontario, which last week reported that the vaccine had received a conditional license.
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TORONTO (AP) - Canada confirmed a case of mad cow disease on Sunday at a farm in British Columbia - the country's fifth case since May 2003, when the United States closed its border to Canadian beef.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday it had a suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.
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Canada confirmed Sunday that a second cow has tested positive for mad cow disease, just days after the United States said it planned to reopen its border to Canadian beef.
An older dairy cow from Alberta has tested positive bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad cow disease, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
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TORONTO - Canada confirmed a case of mad cow disease on Sunday at a farm in British Columbia - the country's fifth case since May 2003, when the United States closed its border to Canadian beef.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday it had a suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.