Archive for July, 2009
Report on the listeriosis outbreak released – 57 recommendations made
Jul 22nd, 2009
Posted by Jim Thompson in Media Story
Listeriosis report slams leadership
Jul 22nd, 2009
Posted by Jim Thompson in Media Story
Minister rules out any compensation for victims’ families
By: Sarah Schmidt and Meagan Fitzpatrick, National Post
A “void in leadership” within the federal government during last summer’s deadly listeriosis outbreak came after company officials and over-worked meat inspectors failed to identify a persistent listeria problem at the Maple Leaf Foods plant, according to a highly critical report [...]
Food safety report leaves many questions
Jul 22nd, 2009
Posted by Jim Thompson in Media Story
Analysis catalogues succession of failures that led to troubling tragedy
By: Robert Cribb, Toronto Star
Twenty-two dead.
Hundreds sickened.
Six months of inquiry.
Nearly $3 million in public money.
The result: 57 recommendations for improving a food safety system that allowed listeria buried inside a meat slicer in a Toronto-area Maple Leaf plant to reach nursing homes and stores, gradually claiming [...]
Food safety investigation falls short
Jul 21st, 2009
Posted by Jim Thompson in Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Inspector shortage compromising food safety
Ottawa – Many of Sheila Weatherill’s recommendations make a constructive and valuable contribution to improving the safety of food in Canada and should be implemented immediately, even though it appears that the CFIA and others in government have either withheld information or misled her, according to the union representing [...]
Meat inspections lasted less than 2 hours a day
Jul 11th, 2009
Posted by Jim Thompson in Media Story
Officials spent most of their time on paperwork at Maple Leaf plant leading up to listeria crisis
By: Robert Cribb, Toronto Star
Federal inspectors monitoring the Maple Leaf plant at the centre of Canada’s largest listeria outbreak spent less than two hours a day at the facility – often dropping in for as little as 15 minutes [...]
