(OFFICIAL)-U.S. stops canola meal from ADM Canada plant

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has stopped canola meal from ADM Agri-Industries' crushing plant in Lloydminster, Alberta, after it detected salmonella bacteria, adding to a problem that has sharply cut canola meal exports to Canada's top market.
The Lloydminster plant is the second ADM plant in Canada to be placed on the FDA's import alert list, which allows inspectors to detain shipments without physically examining them, according to the FDA's website. ADM's plant in Windsor, Ontario, was placed on import alert for salmonella in canola meal on Dec. 18.
The FDA now has six major Canadian crushing plants on its import alert list.
ADM spokesman Roman Blahoski said the company shut down the Lloydminster production line, cleaned it extensively and conducted internal testing after the FDA detected "traces" of salmonella. It is now running again but not shipping meal to the United States, he said.
ADM's plant in Windsor continues to crush canola while the company works with the FDA on the salmonella issue, Blahoski said. He said he did not know the date the Lloydminster shipment was stopped.
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