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Food Residue Monitoring to be Expanded
through improved control of its energy use. J.M. Schneider Inc., a meat products producer, will be monitoring electricity, gas, steam and water usage throughout its Kitchener plant. The system will also monitor and control critical temperatures in Schneider's many refrigerated, processing and storage areas to reduce energy waste through overcooling. The system, with almost 200 measurement and control points, will cost $510,000.
Dairy Pro(lucts tolie'Added to Import Control List ;>C.-'
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The federal government is taking steps to add certain dairy products to the Import Control List in support of the Canadian milk supply management program, Agriculture Minister John Wise, International Trade Minister Pat Carney, and Minister of State for Agriculture Pierre Blais announced recently. Import controls already exist on a broad range of dairy products. These controls have been established in support of action taken by Canada under the Agricultural Stabilization Act and the Canadian Dairy Commission Act. To ensure continuing effective operation of the measures taken under these Acts, the following products will be added to the Import Control List: ice cream, ice cream novelties and ice cream mix; ice milk and ice milk mix; yogurt; and liquid forms of skim milk, buttermilk, and blends of these products. Import controls already exist with respect to imports of dry skim milk, dry buttermilk, and blends of these products. While the value of the imported products being added to the list is relatively small - currently less than $1 million per year - future imports could undermine the Canadian dairy supply management program if not restricted. Article XI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) makes provision for countries to restrict certain agricultural product imports in support of domestic supply management programs, provided that appropriate import levels are maintained, relative to domestic production. Steps have been taken to inform Canada's trading partners of the changes to the Import Control List that will take effect in the near future. The domestic industry will also be provided shortly with details of the administration of the new controls, including the level of import quotas.
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Agriculture Canada is expanding its monitoring of residues in food products. Efforts to date have concentrated largely on meat and meat products. At present federal inspectors analyze more than 30,000 tissue samples from slaughtered animals every year, looking for everything from pesticide residues to veterinary drugs. Any animal carcass with residues above the tolerances established by Health and Welfare Canada is condemned. Virtually all such condemnations involve antibiotic and other drug residues. In every case, an Agriculture Canada officer visits the farm to educate the producer about drug administration and withdrawal prior to slaughter. Very few problems have been encountered with pesticide or other chemical residues in Canadianproduced meat. In general, residue levels are lower than they were five years ago. Agriculture Canada's Food Inspection Directorate is also responsible for monitoring residues in imported foods. A good example of the directorate's work is the examination of every shipment of Australian beef and mutton for pesticide residues following discovery of elevated chemical levels in shipments to the United States. The Food Inspection Directorate will be expanding its residue testing into other commodities, particularly fruit and vegetables. This will be a joint effort with Health and Welfare Canada. The monitoring will concentrate on pesticide residues and will include both domestic and imported produce. This year, about 1,000 samples of various fruits and vegetables will be tested for more than 60 pesticides. Agriculture Canada workers test for pesticides registered for use in Canada as well as those banned here, including DDT, which is still used in some countries. Health and Welfare has established tolerances for all such chemicals. Fruits and vegetables found to have levels in excess of the tolerance maximums are destroyed or, in the case of imported produce, may be returned to the country of origin.
New FbodAdditive Petition with'FDA Kelco Division of Merck & Co., Inc., San Diego, California, has filed a food
additive petition with the Food and Drug Administration for approval of gellan gum, a new gelling polysaccharide. The petition, requests that the Food and Drug Administration permit the use of gellan gum in a wide range of food products. The composition, manufacturing process and several applications for gellan gum are covered by patents issued to Merck & Co., Inc.
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CRASH - PrOgramme de ',.~ Recherche Jndustrielle -;{::~
L:ouverture du Centre de recherches alimentaires de Saint-Hyacinthe est encore toute recente et deja de nombreuses compagnies du secteur agroalimentaire ont pu beneticier de ses installations pour y realiser des projets innovateurs. Pres de 70 projets industriels ont ete inscrits et parmi ceux-ci 25 ont ete completes. Les entreprises du secteur alimentaire utilisent avantageusement les services du Centre pour developper de nouveaux produits ou solutionner des problemes techniques. Elles peuvent y travailler seules ou en collaboration avec les chercheurs du Centre dans un environnement confidentiel convenant a la recherche concurrentielle. En ouvrant ainsi ses portes, le Centre peut aider toute entre prise, petite ou grande, a relever le deti technologique. Plusieurs produits developpes au Centre par I'industrie seront sur les tablettes des magasins des ce printemps. Cela signifie des investissements industriels nouveaux, des emplois et une plus grande utilisation de nos excellents produits agricoles.
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Bettcher Industries has developed a new process, called PORTION-FRESH that enables meat packers, without freezing, to supply beef and pork that are portion controlled by weight, thickness, shape, density and fat cover. Subprimal is kept at 28 0 for at least 24 hours or, a very light crust can be applied using cryogenics or a blast freezer, it is then processed in a special Bettcher Press for uniformity, and afterJ. Inst. Can. Sei. Teehnol. Aliment. Vo!. 21, No. 2. 1988
Dairy Pro(lucts tolie'Added to Import Control List ;>C.-'
;'!c>'
The federal government is taking steps to add certain dairy products to the Import Control List in support of the Canadian milk supply management program, Agriculture Minister John Wise, International Trade Minister Pat Carney, and Minister of State for Agriculture Pierre Blais announced recently. Import controls already exist on a broad range of dairy products. These controls have been established in support of action taken by Canada under the Agricultural Stabilization Act and the Canadian Dairy Commission Act. To ensure continuing effective operation of the measures taken under these Acts, the following products will be added to the Import Control List: ice cream, ice cream novelties and ice cream mix; ice milk and ice milk mix; yogurt; and liquid forms of skim milk, buttermilk, and blends of these products. Import controls already exist with respect to imports of dry skim milk, dry buttermilk, and blends of these products. While the value of the imported products being added to the list is relatively small - currently less than $1 million per year - future imports could undermine the Canadian dairy supply management program if not restricted. Article XI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) makes provision for countries to restrict certain agricultural product imports in support of domestic supply management programs, provided that appropriate import levels are maintained, relative to domestic production. Steps have been taken to inform Canada's trading partners of the changes to the Import Control List that will take effect in the near future. The domestic industry will also be provided shortly with details of the administration of the new controls, including the level of import quotas.
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Agriculture Canada is expanding its monitoring of residues in food products. Efforts to date have concentrated largely on meat and meat products. At present federal inspectors analyze more than 30,000 tissue samples from slaughtered animals every year, looking for everything from pesticide residues to veterinary drugs. Any animal carcass with residues above the tolerances established by Health and Welfare Canada is condemned. Virtually all such condemnations involve antibiotic and other drug residues. In every case, an Agriculture Canada officer visits the farm to educate the producer about drug administration and withdrawal prior to slaughter. Very few problems have been encountered with pesticide or other chemical residues in Canadianproduced meat. In general, residue levels are lower than they were five years ago. Agriculture Canada's Food Inspection Directorate is also responsible for monitoring residues in imported foods. A good example of the directorate's work is the examination of every shipment of Australian beef and mutton for pesticide residues following discovery of elevated chemical levels in shipments to the United States. The Food Inspection Directorate will be expanding its residue testing into other commodities, particularly fruit and vegetables. This will be a joint effort with Health and Welfare Canada. The monitoring will concentrate on pesticide residues and will include both domestic and imported produce. This year, about 1,000 samples of various fruits and vegetables will be tested for more than 60 pesticides. Agriculture Canada workers test for pesticides registered for use in Canada as well as those banned here, including DDT, which is still used in some countries. Health and Welfare has established tolerances for all such chemicals. Fruits and vegetables found to have levels in excess of the tolerance maximums are destroyed or, in the case of imported produce, may be returned to the country of origin.
New FbodAdditive Petition with'FDA Kelco Division of Merck & Co., Inc., San Diego, California, has filed a food
additive petition with the Food and Drug Administration for approval of gellan gum, a new gelling polysaccharide. The petition, requests that the Food and Drug Administration permit the use of gellan gum in a wide range of food products. The composition, manufacturing process and several applications for gellan gum are covered by patents issued to Merck & Co., Inc.
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CRASH - PrOgramme de ',.~ Recherche Jndustrielle -;{::~
L:ouverture du Centre de recherches alimentaires de Saint-Hyacinthe est encore toute recente et deja de nombreuses compagnies du secteur agroalimentaire ont pu beneticier de ses installations pour y realiser des projets innovateurs. Pres de 70 projets industriels ont ete inscrits et parmi ceux-ci 25 ont ete completes. Les entreprises du secteur alimentaire utilisent avantageusement les services du Centre pour developper de nouveaux produits ou solutionner des problemes techniques. Elles peuvent y travailler seules ou en collaboration avec les chercheurs du Centre dans un environnement confidentiel convenant a la recherche concurrentielle. En ouvrant ainsi ses portes, le Centre peut aider toute entre prise, petite ou grande, a relever le deti technologique. Plusieurs produits developpes au Centre par I'industrie seront sur les tablettes des magasins des ce printemps. Cela signifie des investissements industriels nouveaux, des emplois et une plus grande utilisation de nos excellents produits agricoles.
NEW PRODUCTSI PROCESSES w"
V
".;:.::J;.·~·2"·-
<;F:,·::·J:~"
New;, Portion~Pies,s'Prpcess ,x0 . . .-¥-£( ' ( ik
- . -.
...:
Bettcher Industries has developed a new process, called PORTION-FRESH that enables meat packers, without freezing, to supply beef and pork that are portion controlled by weight, thickness, shape, density and fat cover. Subprimal is kept at 28 0 for at least 24 hours or, a very light crust can be applied using cryogenics or a blast freezer, it is then processed in a special Bettcher Press for uniformity, and afterJ. Inst. Can. Sei. Teehnol. Aliment. Vo!. 21, No. 2. 1988