The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported an outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza in a poultry farm near Sarnia.
A quarantine zone has been established around the farm in the municipality of Caradoc-Strathroy.
It is the second case in Ontario since spring. There have been dozens in British Columbia and Alberta.
ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula is under recall.
The Canadian Food Inspection said it may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum.
This baby formula is imported from Pennsylvania.
The United States Food and Drug Administration is dealing with reports of 23 infants sickened in 13 states. None have died.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said there have been no Canadian reports of infants sickened by the bacteria.
Prices for infant formula have soared in Canada in the face of shortages. Some mothers say they can’t afford the prices, reported the CBC.
Barry Raison, a reporter, editor and public safety and justice issues policy advocate has been appointed to a two-year term on the Animal Care Review Board. He has also served as a member of the Ontario Parole Board since 2020.
Debra Beckstein, a litigation lawyer in Toronto for 20 years has also been appointed to a two-year term.
The board hears appeals from those whose animals have been seized or have been fined by officials enforcing the Animal Welfare Services Act.
There were five rabid bats in Ontario during October, reported the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
That brought this year’s total to 105 rabid bats in the province. Quebec was second at 94 and 76 of those were raccoons.
The total of all rabies cases in all species in Canada reached 257 by then end of October.
Egg producers are getting 9.9 cents more per dozen because the national agency has reduced levies.
The decrease is due to a number of changes in levies for different purposes. It has just received approval from the National Products Council.
The national agency is also increasing production because the cost of imports from the United States has risen, costing the agency about $200 million so far this year. The imports were necessary to meet Canadian demand, which the agency is obligated to fill.
The production increases are balanced by a temporary increase last year when U.S. egg prices soared after millions of birds were euthanized to prevent the spread of highly-pathogenic avian influenza.
The national agency has also lowered the price of eggs dedicated for industrial processing by 25 cents per dozen to $1.21.
The result of the changes is an Ontario egg levy of 44.55 cents per dozen.
There has been an outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus at a nursery farm in Perth County,
It is the first outbreak of the disease in Ontario since July 3.
It is especially deadly for the youngest pigs.
An animal welfare advisory committee in the United Kingdom has called for an end to CO2 stunning of pigs before slaughter.
It has recommended it be phased out within five years.
The independent body advises the federal agriculture department.
The report states that exposure of conscious pigs to high concentrations of CO2 is associated with three major welfare concerns: pain, respiratory distress and fear.
The reports looks into the viability of other methods of stunning, including exposure to an inert gas mixture such as argon or nitrogen. It notes that there are ‘technical challenges’ to using inert gases in current CO2 systems or with modification.
If the United Kingdom adopts the advice, it might lead to a significant loss of Canadian pork exports to the country.