Is my beef Canadian?

[rain]

My understanding is that if it says canada A, AA, AAA it has to be fed and killed in Canada. this still leaves it open in cattle came from the states and fed and killed in Canada they could be called Canadian.

[cowman]

Well I don't think the hamburger trade or the subway type trade is too concerned with agrading standard? The fact is once it goes through the grinder...who has a clue? It could be beef, kangaroo, or rat!
Personally I don't want to eat it if it wasn't grown in Canada or the USA!

[grassfarmer]

I liked the last paragraph there f_s
e-coli is a very big problem and too often it is blamed on beef when it is just as likely to come from the "healthy" side salad.
In Scotland since about 1997 it has not been possible to get any animals with tag on the slaughtered. I'm not talking a lot of tag - i'm talking any tag! This was introduced because some "expert" concluded that the faecal material attached to the animals coats was the likliest cause of e-coli infections in humans. I don't know if it occurred to them that once the animal was opened up there was a lot more potential for infection. Equally they could have looked at the poor hygene standards of consumers food handling and storage practises.

Laterally we were belly shearing 800 lambs a year and belly clipping all fat cattle. Clipping yearling limo x bull beef animals was my least favourite occupation! We got suckered into doing this on-farm because the slaughterman's union convinced the Government that there was an unacceptable risk of their members getting reflex kicks if they had to clip cattle post mortum.
The primary ag producer always seems to be last in line for reward but first in line for any crappy deals getting handed out.