Agriculture minister ends China mission with pet food arrangement and canola meal briefing

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Agriculture minister ends China mission with pet food arrangement and canola meal briefing

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said on November 10 that Minister Heath MacDonald has finished his third mission to China. The department said talks in Beijing included finalizing a pet food arrangement, updated to allow ruminant ingredients as well as poultry, with market value potential of $530 million. MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu also updated Canadian agriculture stakeholders on the two-year extension of market access for canola meal, peas, lobsters and crab, which Global Affairs Canada announced on November 4.

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