Archive for November, 2009

Independence of food safety probe questioned

Nov 12th, 2009

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By: Sarah Schmidt, Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed the top bureaucrat at Agriculture Canada to lead Ottawa’s overhaul of food safety after an investigation into last year’s deadly listeriosis outbreak called for an independent expert to direct the effort.
Sheila Weatherill zeroed in on a “vacuum in senior leadership” among government officials during [...]

Mould, slime found at Listeria-stricken meat plant weeks after heavy cleaning

Nov 8th, 2009

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By: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Newly released inspection reports reveal that a top-to-bottom scrubbing after a deadly listeriosis outbreak apparently didn’t fully cleanse a Maple Leaf Foods plant of mould, slime and meat debris, and that inspectors found a troubling lack of hygiene at the company’s Toronto facility just weeks after it reopened [...]

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Science union calls for quick action on food inspection services

Nov 2nd, 2009

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The union representing scientists working for the federal government is calling for an immediate moratorium on the deregulation of food inspection in Canada.
Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — The union representing scientists working for the federal government is calling for an immediate moratorium on the deregulation of food inspection in Canada.
The Campaign for Public Science, to be launched [...]

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