'Cheap' pork masquerades as veal in Montreal Sunday, June 7, 2015 'Got a great deal on that veal cutlet in Montreal? According to Le Journal de Montréal, you may have gotten pork. Journalists for Le Journal de Montréal visited 50 restaurants selling veal cutlet dinners for less than $20 in the Montreal and Quebec City areas, took samples and sent them to a genetic lab at Laval University for testing. Of the 25 samples from Montreal, only 14 turned out actually to be pork. Le Journal de Montréal also took samples of "veal" from five butcher shops, of which three were actually pork. The deception is likely because of the large price gap between pork and veal. Dany Bolduc, a chef at H4C in Montreal, told the French-language newspaper that pork costs him $6 per kilo, compared to $30 for veal. The swap is more than a matter of honesty though. Dominique Tremblay, a spokesperson for Quebec's Restaurant Association, told CJAD 800 AM that deliberately selling pork as veal counts as fraud and can be punishable by law. Of the 25 restaurants in Quebec City Le Journal de Montréal tested, only one replaced the veal with pork. However, many of the other restaurants used highly processed meat mixed with sauce and breading. BP Runaway pig goes for a burger Producers may squeal as bacon price drops
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NOAA Declares El Nino, Raising Key Weather Risks for Agriculture Thursday, June 25, 2026 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially declared the onset of El Niño, confirming that ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have risen high enough to trigger one of the world’s most influential climate patterns. The declaration follows sustained... Read this article online
Anti-Dumping Probe Targets Wheat Gluten Imports in Canada Thursday, June 25, 2026 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has opened an anti-dumping investigation into certain wheat gluten imports entering the Canadian market from Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The inquiry will examine whether these products are being sold in Canada at unfairly low prices,... Read this article online