HVP recall poses safety questions
By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service
It sounds more like a chemical than a food ingredient and until this week most consumers had probably never heard of hydrolyzed vegetable protein – let alone realized the additive is found in thousands of processed foods. [More...]
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Meat packing plant caught fudging ‘best before’ dates
June 30, 2010 - 5:51 pm
Tags: CFIA, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, food safety, Listeriosis
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By Joanna Smith, The Toronto Star
A Toronto meat packing plant was caught fudging the “best before” dates on packages of ham about a month before it had to recall peppercorn salami when samples tested positive for potentially deadly bacteria. [More...]
Minister defends meat-inspection system
March 18, 2010 - 9:38 am
Tags: CFIA, Federal politics, Food Inspectors, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods, PSAC, Salmonella
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By Christina Spencer, Sun Media
The federal government defended its ready-to-eat meat-inspection system Wednesday after charges that it upholds a higher standard for meats destined for the United States than for foods consumed only in Canada. [More...]
Deli meat OK for Canadians but off-limits to Americans
March 17, 2010 - 10:06 pm
Tags: CFIA, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls
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By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency cut off access to American markets for the Toronto plant at the centre of an ongoing listeriosis investigation connected to tainted deli meats while allowing the company to continue to produce food for Canadians, Canwest News Service has learned. [More...]
Walkom: Tainted meat and red tape
March 17, 2010 - 8:50 am
Tags: CFIA, Federal politics, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods, PSAC
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By Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star
In theory, everyone likes getting rid of red tape. When federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced earlier this month that the Conservative government would set up a commission to do just that, many Canadians cheered. [More...]
Minister defends food inspection system
March 17, 2010 - 8:47 am
Tags: CFIA, Federal politics, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, Listeriosis, PSAC, Sheila Weatherill
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By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz defended Canada’s food-safety system yesterday after internal records surfaced showing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is scrambling to maintain an increased presence at meat processing plants to adhere to American food-safety standards. [More...]
U.S. had to force Canada to beef up meat inspections: union
March 17, 2010 - 8:41 am
Tags: CFIA, Federal politics, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods, PSAC, Sheila Weatherill
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The Canadian Press
The union representing the country’s food inspectors says Canada increased its meat-plant inspection schedule only after complaints from the United States. [More...]
Questions raised about gap in food inspection standards
March 17, 2010 - 8:39 am
Tags: CFIA, Federal politics, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods, PSAC, Sheila Weatherill
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By Gloria Galloway, Globe and Mail
As investigators probe an unusual number of listeriosis cases in Ontario this year alongside a new tainted-meat recall, food inspectors have raised fresh questions about gaps between Canadian and U.S. food safety regimes. [More...]
U.S. regulations forcing more meat inspections in Canada
March 17, 2010 - 8:33 am
Tags: CFIA, Federal politics, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, Listeriosis, Sheila Weatherill
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By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is scrambling to maintain an increased presence at dozens of large meat-processing plants after auditors from the United States Department of Agriculture found inspections were too infrequent to meet U.S. food-safety standards, newly released internal records show. [More...]
Another listeria scare at a Toronto meat processing plant
March 16, 2010 - 4:00 pm
Tags: Food Recalls, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods
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Listeriosis cases linked to deli meat
March 13, 2010 - 10:34 am
Tags: CFIA, Food Inspectors, Food Recalls, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods, Sheila Weatherill
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By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service
Ontario’s chief medical officer confirmed Friday a genetic match between listeriosis cases and contaminated deli meat produced at a federally regulated meat plant — the first match since Canada was rocked in the summer of 2008 with a deadly outbreak. [More...]
