The Canadian meat industry is optimistic that healthy sales will follow after it resumed beef trade with Taiwan following the relaxation of a trade embargo.
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has lifted the last import restrictions on Canadian beef following a meeting with Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Fast food giant McDonald’s has celebrated the successful completion of a two-year pilot project to gauge the effectiveness and possibility of only using local beef in its restaurants.
South Korea has lifted its ban on Canadian beef after fears of a bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case, which led to a temporary embargo on cattle produce, subsided.
JBS USA has announced that its Canadian subsidiary will go ahead with the acquisition of XL Foods, the Canadian processor at the centre of the country’s major E.coli crisis last year.
