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Protect Poultry, Prevent Disease: National Standard Launched Canada Requests WTO Panel on U.S. Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling Farm Products Council of Canada New Chief Hatchery Program at CFIA Hen Lays 143 g Egg on Farm Near Ottawa Future Russian Poultry Import Quotas Reduced Brasil Foods Aims To Expand In The USA Hensley To Lead National Chicken Council - USA
World Egg Day
Celebrated On 9 October 2009
Meyn Celebrates 50 Years
Serving The Poultry Industry
Conferences, Courses and
Workshops
Protect Poultry, Prevent Disease: National Standard Launched The
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched a national standard
for poultry producers to help protect animal health and safeguard the
Canadian food supply The
National Avian On-Farm Biosecurity Standard focuses on disease
prevention and protection measures, collectively known as biosecurity
which play an important role in keeping diseases off the farm and out of
the Canadian food chain.
“Biosecurity is the best investment producers can make to safeguard the
health of their animals on the farm and make the most of their
business,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This national standard
will guide producers on good biosecurity practices so that together we
can protect Canada’s poultry industry against disease.” A few
examples of on-farm biosecurity practices include: Washing
your hands and changing into clean clothes and footwear before and
after coming into contacting with your animals.
Routinely cleaning barns, pens, feeders and watering equipment and
disinfecting them when necessary.
Controlling visitor access to your animals.
The Standard was developed in consultation with poultry marketing
boards, producers, non-supply- managed and supply- managed industry,
processors, the poultry service industries, veterinary associations and
academia.
To view the National Avian On-Farm Biosecurity Standard, or for more
information on protecting animal health please visit
www.inspection.gc.ca/biosecurity
http://inspection.gc.ca/francais/anima/biosec/biosecf.shtml
- CFIA media report of Oct. 6, 2009
CPEPC thanks the following members who have given their time over the
past two years to participate on the Advisory Committee with government,
academia and producers which has resulted in the launch of the standard:
Dr. Rachel Ouckama, Ted Corkum, Scott Rowland, Dave Johnson and Brian
Herman
Canada Requests WTO Panel on U.S. Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling
October 7, 2009 -The Government of Canada is standing up for Canadian
producers by launching a World Trade Organization dispute settlement
process over U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The
Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister
for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of
Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board,
announced Canada’s request for a WTO panel today.
“The U.S. COOL requirements are so onerous that they affect the ability
of our cattle and hog exporters to compete fairly in the U.S. market,”
said Minister Day. “That is why our government has no choice but to
request a WTO panel. This request demonstrates our ongoing commitment to
resolving this issue and defending the interests of Canadian producers.”
COOL is a mandatory labelling measure in the United States that requires
firms to track and notify customers of the country of origin of meat and
other agricultural products at each major stage of production, including
at the retail level. These provisions impose unfair and unnecessary
costs on integrated North American supply chains, reducing
competitiveness in both Canada and the U.S. COOL has created confusion
and uncertainty for livestock industries on both sides of the border.
Canada’s request for a panel comes after two rounds of WTO consultations
with the U.S. failed to resolve the issue. Panels are the next step in
the WTO’s dispute settlement process.
The U.S. and Canada are each other’s largest agricultural trading
partners. In 2008, bilateral agricultural trade totalled approximately
$37 billion. Reducing obstacles to trade has contributed to mutually
beneficial supply chains, making both countries more competitive
domestically and internationally.
Canada and the U.S. continue to have a close and ongoing dialogue on
COOL and other issues.
- from
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Media Report
Farm Products Council of Canada
William Smirle is proud to officially announce that, from this point on,
the National Farm Products Council will now be referred to as the Farm
Products Council of Canada (FPCC) and le Conseil des produits agricoles
du Canada (CPAC). This name change was necessary in order to be in
accordance with the corporate identity standards of the Government of
Canada. This name change marks the beginning of a new era in which FPCC
is committed to reinventing itself through cooperation and leadership by
providing expertise and stimulating a new way of thinking and solutions.
FPCC will remain dedicated to communication, integrity, innovation and
professionalism. Organizations are asked to make all their members aware
of this name change and
ensure that it is reflected in their internal distribution lists.
Please, also note that the website address has changed to www.fpcc-cpac.gc.ca, and
the general e-mail address is now fpcc-cpac@agr.gc.ca.
New Chief Hatchery
Program at CFIA
Dr. Jim Clark, National Manager, Disease Control at the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency, announced last week that Dr. Teresa Cereno has joined
the Disease Control Section of the Terrestrial Animal Health Division at
CFIA as the new Chief of the Hatchery Program.
Dr. Cereno has a long history and wealth of experience working with the
poultry industry in Canada and internationally during assignments with
the United Nations' FAO. She is a Diplomate in avian pathology of the
American College of Poultry Veterinarians and has published a number of
articles on poultry diseases.
Dr. Cereno will be attending the Canadian Hatchery
Federation's meeting on October 21 in
Ottawa.
Hen Lays 143 g Egg
on Farm Near Ottawa
A hen in Ottawa's eastern outskirts has squeezed out an egg as heavy as
a baseball.
The egg, which has a mass of 143 grams almost three times the size of a
standard medium egg and within the 141-148 g range for a Major League
Baseball ball was laid Friday by a red shaver hen on Laurie McCannell's
farm in Vars, Ont., a village that is now part of Ottawa's east end.
McCannell said it was one of 80 on the farm she bought two years ago
that she estimates are about four years old.
Normally, she said, hens are kept only until they are about two years
old and they tend to lay larger eggs, but less frequently, as they get
older.
It's not unusual for her hens to lay eggs too large to fit in a "jumbo"
egg carton, she said.
"But this one is ridiculously big."
McCannell had been hoping the egg would break a record.
However, it seems the record set in 1896 still stands.
Guinness World Records reports that in that year, a black minorca at Mr.
Stafford's Damsteads Farm in Mellor in Lancashire, U.K., laid a
five-yolk 340-gram egg.
- from a report by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Future Russian Poultry Import Quotas Reduced
The Ministry of
Economic Development of Russia has proposed to reduce quotas on poultry
and pork imports to Russia for the period of 2010-2012, according to the
deputy head of the Ministry Andrei Slepnev. "We are proposing to
decrease the quotas on poultry and pork imports for 2010," he said. In
the case of beef the quota will remain the same.
Slepnev reported that this proposal will be considered at a future
meeting of the governmental commission on customs-tariff regulation. He
noted that the country principle and the amount of fees will be retained
at current levels, while the new quotas will be calculated from the
desired level of stability of the Russian meat market. The deputy
minister did not specify a specific quota size, arguing that the final
decision will be made during a governmental meeting. "We are proposing
to set these quotas for a three year period that will allow producers to
plan their business," he explained.
- www.worldpoultry.net
Brasil Foods Aims To Expand In The USA
Brasil Foods, formed by the recent merger of Perdigao and Sadia, is
exploring expansion in the US following JBS S.A.'s bid to acquire
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Dow Jones reports.
Brasil Foods President Jose Antonio Prado Fay recently stated that the
company wants to become a familiar brand in the US, in addition to its
main markets in Russia and the Middle East. "[The] US is a very
important market for us and we are not present there at all. We can
enter this market either through partnerships or by acquisitions," said
Fay.
By buying Pilgrim's, JBS would become a competitor to Brasil Foods in
the poultry market and one of the world's leading protein exporters.
- www.worldpoultry.net
Hensley To Lead National Chicken Council - USA
Thomas M. Hensley, Jr., president of Fieldale Farms Corporation of
Baldwin, Georgia, was installed this month as Chairman of the National
Chicken Council, the trade association for the chicken production and
processing industry. Bernard Leonard, group vice president/Food Service,
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas, took office as Vice Chairman,
and Lampkin Butts, president of Sanderson Farms, Laurel, Mississippi,
became Secretary-Treasurer.
The new officers were installed during the NCC Annual Conference held in
Washington, D.C., and attended by members of the industry from across
the country. Officers serve one-year terms.
George Watts of Alexandria, Virginia, was elected to another term as
President of NCC, a post he has held since 1972.
The National Chicken Council represents integrated chicken
producer-processors, the companies that produce, process and market
chickens. Member companies of NCC account for approximately 95 percent
of the chicken sold in the United States.
-
National Chicken Council release
The total amount of turkeys raised in the US in 2009 is currently 250
mln birds. This figure is down 8% from the total number raised during
the same period in 2008.
These are the latest figures reported by the National Agricultural
Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Six states are expected to account for about two-thirds of the turkeys
produced in the US during 2009: Minnesota, at 45.5 mln turkeys, is down
5% from 2008; North Carolina, at 37.5 mln turkeys, is down 6% from 2008;
Arkansas, at 28 mln turkeys, is down 10% from a 2008; Missouri, at 21
mln turkeys, is unchanged from 2008; Virginia, at 16.4 mln turkeys, is
down 9% from 2008; and California, at 15 mln turkeys, is down 6% from
2008.
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www.worldpoultry.net
Consumer Egg Prices Could Rise By 25 Per Cent - USA
Consumers could be forced to pay 25 per cent more for eggs soon if
animal rights activists succeed in getting only non-cage eggs sold in
the US, according to a new study by a respected economic consulting
group.
That increase would cost consumers $2.6 billion more each year for eggs,
a nutritional staple in the American diet. The higher costs would strain
Americans' budgets during a difficult economic climate.
Federal spending on food assistance programs for children and the needy
also would increase by $169 million annually if the government could
only purchase cage-free eggs, according to the study by Promar
International, a Washington, D.C. economic consulting firm.
The study predicts that such a dramatic consumer cost increase could
open the door to a sharp rise in egg imports from other countries that
have far lower food safety and animal welfare standards than the United
States. Egg imports could rise from virtually zero today to 7 billion
eggs annually, seriously straining the ability of the US government's
food safety inspection system.
Bans on modern cage housing systems already are being implemented in
California over the next 5 years and several other states because of
pressure from animal rights groups.
Similar bans are being implemented in Germany next year and in many
European countries in the next few years, which will not necessarily
improve the health and welfare of chickens and may have negative
consequences for the environment, consumer and government costs, and
endangering food safety.
USDA statistics indicate that on average during early September 2009,
one dozen grade A "regular" eggs were advertised at retail for $1.00 per
dozen compared to $1.59 per dozen for cage-free. Cage-free eggs cost
more because they require more land, more labor, more energy and more
food per hen, Tom Earley, the author of the study, explained. Cage-free
chickens also tend to have more diseases which need to be treated with
expensive medicines, and they have higher mortality rates.
American consumers currently have the right to choose (and buy) whatever
type of egg they prefer and can afford: "regular" eggs from modern,
sanitary cage housing systems; cage-free (no access to outdoors); or
free range (at least some access to outdoors). Approximately 95 per cent
of American consumers choose "regular" eggs when they make their
purchase decisions at the grocery store and eggs are among the lowest
cost sources of high-quality protein, making them an ideal meal solution
for low-income Americans.
Eggs are produced commercially in 49 states. Nearly all commercial egg
farms in the US are family-owned farms or farmer co-ops; there is only
one publicly traded company. Approximately 95 per cent of egg-laying
hens in the US are housed in modern cage facilities. The cost to farmers
of converting their modern hen houses into cage-free facilities would be
$7.5 billion, the study estimates. The availability of credit and local
permits could be a major obstacle for many farmers.
- from a report on
www.thepoultrysite.com
World Egg Day
Celebrated On 9 October 2009
World Egg Day on 9 October brings together consumers to health
professionals to celebrate the big benefits that come from such a unique
package - the egg.
From its beginnings in 1996, World Egg Day has grown in stature and
spread around the globe, reports the International Egg Commission. It is
now celebrated with special events in an ever increasing number of
countries from the Americas to Mongolia, Australia to China and all over
Europe.
Each year, the big day is celebrated in great style, but always with
great fun and interest unique to the individual country. Recent events
included: egg festivals; celebrity chef & cooking competitions; special
recipe promotions; children’s events; and, TV, radio and newspaper
advertising.
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www.worldpoultry.net
Meyn Celebrates 50 Years
Serving The Poultry Industry Meyn is celebrating 50 years of
service and dedication to the poultry industry this year. The year 2009 marks the 50th
anniversary of the Meyn company. This stands for 50 years of service
and dedication to the worldwide poultry industry. When. in 1959,
Piet Meyn Senior started his business as supplier of poultry
processing equipment in the small town of Oostzaan, the Netherlands,
no one could have imagined that it would become the worldwide
company it now is. One of Meyn's main focus areas
has always been product development as the company sees innovation
as the basis for an ongoing relationship with our industry.
Over the years, Meyn has introduced a large number of
revolutionary innovations, including the first automatic eviscerator,
Apollo, in the early seventies, automatic rehangers in 1980, the
renowned Meyn Maestro in 1993, as well as the recently introduced
Rapid HQ deboner. And the
company will definitely continue to invest a substantial share of
its time, energy and financial resources in our development
process. In doing so, it
will provide the poultry processing industry with innovative
solutions, focusing on key issues such as increasing quality and
yield while at the same time, reducing labour and operational costs.
We congratulate Meyn, an Associate Member of
CPEPC, on their 50th anniversary.
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excerpt from
www.thepoultrysite.com
Conferences, Courses and Workshops
Victoria
Room, Delta Ottawa Hotel & Suites. $150 + GST (includes buffet
lunch)
Speakers
include representatives from equipment manufacturers; Avure Technologies
Inc., Electrostat Spray Systems Inc., and Gorman Controls Ltd.,
validation specialist Mr. Graham Tinsley from ThinQ Compliance and
leading poultry researchers; Dr. Scott Russell, University of Georgia,
Dr. Mirko Betti, University of Alberta and Ms. Samira Dadgar, University
of Saskatchewan. Organizations attending include: Canadian Meat
Council, Cargill Meats, Canada Chicken Farmers of Canada, Exceldor
Coopérative avicole, Farm Products Council of Canada, Hallmark Poultry, Lilydale Inc., Maple Leaf Foods,
Maple Lodge Farms, P&H Foods, Pinty's Delicious Foods Inc, Sargent
Farms, Superior Poultry, Turkey Farmers of Canada.
View the complete
agenda and
register online.
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