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Brazilian company to buy Pilgrim’s Pride
Sept. 18, 2009 – Brazilian beef giant JBS SA has agreed to pay $800 million to buy a majority stake in Texas chicken company Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
Olymel signs agreement with N.B. Workers
Sept. 18, 2009 – Representatives of Sunnymel (name of the partnership formed by Olymel l.p. and Westco) and Local 1288 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) have signed a collective agreement at Fredericton whereby the company undertakes to recognize the UFCW as the sole wage bargaining agent for its future poultry slaughtering, processing, and distribution plant.
Guelph university chosen for "virtual" poultry welfare centre
Sept. 18, 2009 – A "virtual centre" to serve as a centre for research
into poultry behaviour and welfare will be based at the University of
Guelph.
$75 million for Food Safety
Sept. 18, 2009 – Canada will invest $75 million in the country’s food safety system and act on all 57 recommendations made by Sheila Weatherhill in her Listeria investigation report.
Processing Industry Investment
Sept. 18, 2009 – The Government of Canada is investing in new processing technologies and projects that will create new, more stable markets to improve income opportunities for farmers and the processing sector.
Merial Launches New Website
Sept. 18, 2009 – Merial Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its new website.
Ensuring welfare of broilers poses challenge
Sept. 2, 2009 – Suzanne Millman, PhD, said veterinarians can serve as a bridge between animal producers and the public for dialogue on animal welfare.
Male or female? The chicken industry cares
 Sept. 2, 2009 – Chickens, like most animals, typically produce equal numbers of males and females. But this natural sex ratio doesn’t always work in the poultry industry’s economic favour.
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