Immediate action on food safety needs to be taken
By KIRSTY DUNCAN, CAROLYN BENNETT AND WAYNE EASTER Owen Sound Sun Times
Canadians have been fed a new vocabulary by the federal government: “global synchronized economic downturn,” “recalibration,” and “listeria outbreak.” [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 [...]
Our inspectors can’t stop dangerous food imports
June 14, 2011 - 9:16 am
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 [...]
Briefing Note: Has a secret deal scuttled food inspection investment?
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 [...]
Feces in imported food from less developed countries a rising concern: scientist
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...]
Consumer groups irked over suspension of some food inspections
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...]
Consumer groups irked over suspension of some food inspections
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...]
Inspections of food weights, nutrition claims suspended
April 29, 2011 - 10:40 am
Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, consumer fraud, Food Inspectors, PSAC, underweight products
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By Sarah Schmidt, Post Media News OTTAWA – The federal government has suspended inspection activities indefinitely that were meant to make sure food companies and restaurants don’t mislead consumers with underweight products or exaggerated nutrition claims, Postmedia News has learned. [More...]
CFIA abandons key consumer protections
April 29, 2011 - 10:35 am
Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, Consumer Labels, Food industry, Food Inspectors, PSAC, restaurant menu verification
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CFIA abandons key consumer protections Ottawa (28 April 2011) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has abruptly and without explanation cancelled or deferred inspection activity in important areas designed to protect consumers from unsafe food products and fraudulent practices. According to CFIA documents released this morning by the food inspectors’ union, the CFIA [...]
Food safety: the forgotten issue?
April 20, 2011 - 3:00 pm
Tags: Agriculture Union, CFIA, Federal politics, Food Recalls, food safety, Listeria, Maple Leaf Foods, PSAC
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By David McKie, CBC.ca In the 2008 election campaign, federal party leaders vowed to make the country’s food safer. [More...]
Canadian inspection agency gets additional $100 million
March 23, 2011 - 6:45 am
Tags: CFIA, Food Inspectors, Listeria, Listeriosis, Maple Leaf Foods
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Five-year plan calls for inspector training, technological support By Sarah Schmidt, PostMedia News The Conservative government pledged Tuesday to boost spending on Canada’s food inspection system by $100 million over the next five years. [More...]
