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Biohackers Are Kickstarting Some Unregulated Experiments

L. Jim Thomas | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Arabidopsis, Synthetic Biology, Gmos, Synthetic Life, Bioeconomy, Kickstarter, Green, Biotech, Convention on Biological Diversity, Crowd Funding, Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Bioengineering, Environment, Usda, Gmo, Canada Business News
L. Jim Thomas

Three biohackers from California have hijacked the Kickstarter machinery -- they have made Kickstarter the conduit for a nationwide release of untested, unregulated and unmonitored bioengineered organisms.

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Reducing Salt Intake Could Put Years on Your Life

Timi Gustafson, R.D. | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Heart Attack, Salt Institute, High Blood Pressure, Cdc, Dietary Guidelines for Americans on Sodium, Salt Reduction, Heart Disease, Nhlbi, Usda, Restaurant Food, Stroke, National Salt Reduction Initiative, Aha, Hypertension, Processed Food, Sodium, Salt, Canada Living News
Timi Gustafson, R.D.

Less salt in our food supply could save at least half a million Americans from dying prematurely over the next ten years, according to separate studie...

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Shipment To U.S. Can Resume For Troubled Beef Plant

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.07.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: CFIA Allows Beef Export, USDA Beef Import, Video, Canada Beef Shipped to US, Cp, XL Foods Recall, USDA XL Foods, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, XL Foods Meat Shipped US, Beef Recall Xl Foods, Canada Meat Recall, Xl Foods Ships to US, Usda, XL Foods Beef Recall, Canada Alberta News

OTTAWA - An Alberta meat plant involved in a massive recall of tainted beef over E. Coli concerns is once again being allowed to ship products to the ...

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USDA Doesn't Want Tainted Meat Spoiling Trade

Tony Corbo | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada
Read More: US Canada Border Safety, Usda, Meat Recall, Canada Meat Recall, Food and Water Watch, USDA Regulation, Alberta Meat Recall, Trade Agreement, Deregulated Border, XL Foods Plant, XL Foods, E. Coli, XL Foods Recall, Slideexpand, Video, Canada News
Tony Corbo

Next week will be the first Canadian check USDA has conducted in over three years and it comes in the middle of the Canada's biggest meat recall in history, so this portends to be a big deal. The fact that Canada has not had an audit visit in over three years immediately sent red flags up for me. It was another example of how Canada has received special treatment from USDA over the years that I believe can jeopardize the health and safety of U.S. consumers. With that as a historical backdrop and with the massive XL Foods recalls still on everyone's minds, what are the Canadian and U.S. governments proposing? Deregulation of the border inspection system. Food safety is not an area that should be deregulated. History dictates that we should strengthen and not weaken the food safety inspection system. Trade should not trump food safety.

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These Sheep Did Nothing Baaaaaaaad

Liz O'Connell | Posted 06.09.2012 | Canada
Read More: Whe 24s, Usda, Sheep, Heritage Sheep, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Karen Selick, Canadian Constitution Foundation, Arq, Montana Jones, Cfia, Shropshire Sheep, Scrapie, Canada News
Liz O'Connell

Last week, a Canadian sheep farmer, Montana Jones, reported 41 of her sheep had been stolen.

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