Archive for May, 2009
Meat safety inspection spread too thin
May 25th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa – A new staffing survey shows the critical shortage of inspectors in meat processing plants in Canada continues to make it impossible for federal inspectors to verify industry compliance with safety rules. “These numbers show an inspectorate staffed far below minimum levels. With individual inspectors being in charge of five facilities [...]
Canada’s food safety in question
May 25th, 2009
Inspection understaffed, warns union By: Sarah Schmidt, The Windsor Star Government meat inspectors in Canada’s biggest cities would have to work double shifts on a regular basis to complete all the tasks required to make sure operators are complying with food safety rules, according to newly released data from their union. The agriculture union of [...]
Few meat inspectors mean more ‘shortcuts’
May 25th, 2009
By: Robert Cribb, Toronto Star Federal meat inspectors are each responsible for monitoring about five plants on average – a workload that makes ensuring safe food impossible, says their union. In a staffing survey to be released today, the agriculture union says it’s impossible for meat inspectors to complete minimum safety tasks in more than [...]
Canadians place food safety trust in government – Nanos poll
May 20th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa (20 May 2009) – The vast majority of Canadians want government to step in and play a much more active role to ensure food safety because they don’t trust industry to do the job, according to a new Nanos survey. Seven in ten Canadians believe Ottawa should invest more resources and [...]
Few trust companies over food safety: Poll
May 12th, 2009
By: Sarah Schmidt, The Vancouver Province OTTAWA — Most Canadians don’t trust the food industry to ensure their products are safe and want the government to be more hands-on in policing food companies, according to national survey. The survey of 1,001 Canadians, with findings to be released today, determined that only 13.7 per cent put [...]
