“Third party certification provides an objective way of communicating your safety measures to your customer base.  Today our customers are more aware of what HACCP programs are and what HACCP programs can do.  Our own customers are bringing HACCP-based programs onto the farm and are increasingly sensitive to the safety programs their suppliers have in place.” 

Gary Golby, Champion Feed Services Ltd.

 


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Cattle Alert: BSE Case Confirmed In British Columbia
CattleNetwork.com, KS - 13 hours ago
OTTAWA , June 23, 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in the Province of British ...

Pigs Raised Without Antibiotics More Likely To Carry Bacteria ...
Science Daily (press release) - 15 hours ago
ScienceDaily (Jun. 11, 2008) — While consumers are increasing demand for pork produced without antibiotics, more of the pigs raised in such conditions carry ...

Lake Country Lamb Feed Voluntary Recall
Kansas City infoZine, MO - 21 hours ago
Fremont, Neb., has initiated a limited voluntary recall of two lamb feed products due to higher than acceptable levels of copper. ...

Contaminated pig feed taken off shelves
ABC Online, Australia - 13 May 2008
A feed supplement for pigs which was found to be contaminated by lead has been withdrawn from sale in Australia. High levels of lead were first found in the ...

Report issued on nicarbazin residues in chicken
NEWSFOOD.com Primo piano, Italy - 4 hours ago
A report has been published today by the Agency into the possible causes of nicarbazin residues in chicken. Nicarbazin is a medicated feed additive used to ...

Feed Contamination Investigated
ThePigSite.com, UK - 28 Apr 2008
Along with the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), Animal Health is investigating a potential feed contamination incident involving the presence of a low ...

Menu Foods reaches deal to settle pet food suits
Reuters - 1 Apr 2008
... stopped shipments and recalled at least 60 million packages of pet food in 2007, saying they contained contaminated wheat gluten imported from China. ...

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FDA to Expand Restrictions on Livestock Feed
Wall Street Journal - 23 Apr 2008
The current "feed ban" rule, enacted by the FDA in 1997, prohibits the use of rendered cattle in cattle feed. The new rule, which will go into effect one ...
Health Highlights: April 24, 2008 Washington Post
FDA bans certain cattle parts from all animal feed Reuters
FDA broadens BSE-related feed ban CIDRAP
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Rare 'atypical' mad cow case reported in Canada
AFP - 11 hours ago
This is the second case of BSE in Canada that has involved an atypical strain," the CFIA said. It said that, as in many atypical BSE cases, the diseased ...
Canadian mad cow case an uncommon strain Reuters Canada
Updated Allergy Alert-Undeclared Egg and Milk Proteins in Various ... Market Wire (press release)
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