Farmer Health/Safety
The room went silent for a moment as Jan Shearer fought to keep his composure, unable to speak about the “caring and killing paradox.” Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Poultry farmers understand and adhere to strict standards when it comes to food safety, but surprisingly, there are still many who don’t realize that they must also adhere to standards of health and safety. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Regardless of how you feel about it, your role as a producer of food has changed since your grandfather was farming. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Many problems in poultry barns can be boiled down to one significant cause - poor ventilation - and the levels of different factors that are affected by it. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
There may be many reasons to hate, yet equally as many reasons to forgive. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
New regulations have come into force, updating Health Canada's 50-year-old rules for regulating food additives and improving food safety. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Minister Gerry Ritz has accepted the challenge of Canada's poultry and egg farmers to once again shave his mustache for "Movember." Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The deadline to apply for FCC Ag Safety Fund, which provides farm safety training programs to communities across Canada. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new highly toxic bird flu has appeared in Vietnam, and media reports state that it is spreading fast. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An incidence of low pathogenic avian influenze has been found in the Netherlands. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
By joining the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, you can help prevent injuries and deaths on farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Enviro Tech Chemical Services Inc. is spending $4 million on an expansion that will include hiring 40 more workers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Missouri hatchery, Estest Hatchery, has been linked to more than 70 people from 20 states being sickened by Salmonella due to handling chicks and baby birds. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An inquest heard that poultry farmer Norman Woodward, 75, died in part to his time working with poultry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The poisonous chemical dioxin has been found at higher-than-permitted levels in eggs from a German farm. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Buona Vita, Inc. is recalling approximately 324,770 pounds of various frozen, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to possible Listeria contamination. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Can you list your 10 greatest strengths as well as 10 things you need to work on? Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
According to the 2011 Census of Agriculture, farmers are, on average, getting older Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Controversial research published in the journal Science states it might be possible for avian flu to develop the ability for airborne transmission naturally. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Harper Government introduced the Safe Food for Canadians Act today. The Safe Food for Canadians Act will strengthen the Government's ability to protect Canadian families from potentially unsafe food. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!