Archive for August, 2011

New Meat Inspection Rules Coming

Source: A Channel Vancouver Island

Ottawa dumps meat inspection on British Columbia

After providing meat safety inspection service for decades, the union has been advised by Canadian Food Inspection Agency that federal inspectors will no longer check BC establishments that produce meat for BC consumers exclusively for E. coli, listeria, salmonella and other contaminants that can have deadly consequences when eaten.

Ottawa dumps meat inspection on Manitoba

Ottawa plans to dump inspection of some meat plants on the Manitoba government in a move that will expose unwitting Manitoba consumers to heightened risk of eating contaminated meat products, according to the Agriculture Union – PSAC, which represents federal food safety inspectors.