Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new […] Read more			
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	Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls
Dole under U.S. probe after deadly listeria outbreak
								Los Angeles | Reuters — Dole Food Co. Inc. said on Friday the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating a deadly listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to packaged salad products from […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern
								Reuters — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to revoke approval of a drug used to treat certain conditions in pigs because it could leave a cancerous […] Read more			
		 
	Mastitis preventive gets joint Canada/U.S. approval
								A new drug to help limit mastitis in dairy cows — and keep a lid on the use of antimicrobials to treat it — has picked up joint approval from […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. blocks Hamilton crush plant’s canola meal
								Winnipeg | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted a shipment of canola meal on Dec. 1 from a Bunge plant in Hamilton, Ont. because it appeared […] Read more			
		 
	White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight
								Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. trans fat ban creates opportunities for canola
								CNS Canada — A move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban artificial trans fats in processed foods within three years will create opportunities for Canada’s canola sector, […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods
								Washington/New York | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of foods, […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says
								Chicago | Reuters –– Sales of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. for use in livestock jumped by 20 per cent between 2009 and 2013, federal regulators said on Friday, […] Read more			
		 
	Zilmax cleared for component feeding in Canada
								Canada has granted the makers of cattle feed additive Zilmax an expanded product label that allows for component feeding at the lower end of its dosage range — and draws […] Read more			
		