News - Beef

Taking advantage of new and growing specialized kosher and halal beef markets is an opportunity waiting to happen for Manitoba beef producers, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) Minister Stan Struthers announced.

Canada’s top quality beef will be served at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 to celebrate Canada Day, marking the first time in almost a decade that Canadian beef has been available in China.

The Government of Canada is helping to open new markets for Manitoba beef by conditionally approving a loan of up to $10 million to Keystone Processors Ltd. to upgrade a beef processing plant.

The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, welcomed Colombia’s announcement that it will allow the importation of Canadian beef from animals of all ages.

Canadian beef exports will have access to Panama for the first time since 2003. Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and Federal Agriculture Minister, Gerry Ritz, confirmed that Panama has approved Canada’s meat inspection system and lifted the ban on Canadian beef imposed in 2003 because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced that the Government of Canada is requesting the establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on the issue of South Korea’s continuing ban on the importation of Canadian beef.

The Government of Canada is calling on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to begin consultations to address South Korea’s continuing unjustified ban on the importation of Canadian beef, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced.

Canadian beef exporters will have access to the lucrative Saudi Arabian market for the first time since 2003.

The Government of Canada has secured full market access for Canadian beef and cattle exports to Jordan. International Trade Minister Stockwell Day and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today announced Jordan’s decision to lift the ban imposed in 2003 because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).