Minister defends food inspection system
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...]
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Carole Swan resigns
June 21, 2011 - 1:40 pm
Tags: Agriculture Union, Carole Swan, CFIA, Food Inspectors, food safety, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods, Sheila Weatherill
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Ottawa (June 21, 2011) — Canadian Food Inspection Agency President Carole Swan is stepping down at the end of June, a full year ahead of the end of her appointment. “We wish Carole well. She had a tough job to do, made more difficult by chronic under funding, a reality that has prevented the CFIA [...]
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Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, E. coli, food imports, Food Inspectors, food safety, PSAC
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By Bob Kingston, Ottawa Citizen The Canadian Food Inspection Agency might be trying hard to protect Canadian consumers from unsafe imported food. But, the simple fact is the agency is too broke to keep such products from store shelves. Canada’s import food inspection is a patchwork that ignores some products, while others are examined, with [...]
Apples top list of most pesticide-laden fruit
June 14, 2011 - 8:52 am
Tags: CFIA, E. coli, food imports, fruiits and vegetables, pesticides
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June 1, 2011 - 11:35 am
Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, Federal Budget, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Food Inspectors, food safety, PSAC
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Ottawa (June 1, 2011) – Finance Minister Flaherty’s March 22nd budget included an investment to bolster food inspection of $100 million over five years, right? Well, maybe not. According to sources within the CFIA, a secret deal to win mention in the March 2011 budget that will be re-tabled next week may actually result in [...]
Food, beverages imported from Taiwan may contain toxic chemical: CFIA
May 30, 2011 - 6:26 am
Tags: CFIA, food imports, food safety
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By Sarch Schmidt, PostMedia News Food and drink products from Taiwan tainted with a toxic chemical may have found their way into Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned Sunday as a local food-safety scandal goes global. [More...]
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May 24, 2011 - 7:18 am
Tags: CFIA, food imports, Food Inspectors, food safety
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By Derek Abma, PostMedia News Importing food from less developed countries increasingly leads to people literally eating more crap, according to scientists in the United States. [More...]
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April 30, 2011 - 8:36 am
Tags: CFIA, consumer fraud, consumer groups, Food Inspectors
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By Sarah Schmidt, Post Media News Consumer groups on Friday said Canada’s food inspection agency is making a big mistake by indefinitely suspending inspection activities that were meant to make sure food companies and restaurants don’t mislead consumers with underweight products or exaggerated nutrition claims. [More...]
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April 29, 2011 - 4:06 pm
Tags: Agriculture Union, consumer fraud, Consumer Labels, Food Inspectors, food safety
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By Sarah Schmidt, Post Media News Consumer groups on Friday said Canada’s food inspection agency is making a big mistake by indefinitely suspending inspection activities that were meant to make sure food companies and restaurants don’t mislead consumers with underweight products or exaggerated nutrition claims. [More...]
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Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, consumer fraud, Food Inspectors, PSAC, underweight products
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Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, Consumer Labels, Food industry, Food Inspectors, PSAC, restaurant menu verification
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