Food and Farming Canada » traceability

Keeping tabs on where the cows are

Lilian — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:12:45 +0000

RFID tags are placed in an animal's ear

Many modern-day pet owners microchip their four-legged companions.

This is to help identify them should they become lost, injured or otherwise harmed in some way.

Farmers are doing a similar thing with their beef cattle.

They’re using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to keep track of their animals as they move [...]

Bringing traceability to Ontario’s food

Lilian — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:05:17 +0000

This post sort of links in to my post earlier today about food labelling – but certainly to the bigger issue that has been on the minds of many Canadians recently: where does my food come from?

The listeria outbreak that has claimed 19 lives so far in Canada, coupled with China’s tainted milk powder scandal and [...]