Chuck MacLean – RealAgriculture

Canada Beef Pleased Import Levy Introduced to Promote Beef to Consumers

7 years ago

It costs money to promote Canadian Beef and finally some of this funding will be on the backs of importers. Federal Agriculture Minister, Gerry Ritz announced this morning that an amendment to the Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Levies Order to include an import levy on beef cattle, beef and beef products. The… Read More

Alberta Government Releases Age Verification Incentive Program to Increase Compliance

Shaun Haney

10 years ago

Last week the Alberta government released the information on a new age verification incentive program. Outside of Quebec, Alberta is the only province to have mandatory age verification. The data shows that even though the process is mandatory below 70% are actually getting RFID tagged. This is concerning to the province and required a response…. Read More