Posts tagged E. coli
Our inspectors can’t stop dangerous food imports
Jun 14th, 2011
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
Jun 14th, 2011
By CTV.ca News Staff The old saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away may need an asterisk, in the wake of a new report says some of the most popular produce contains the highest levels of pesticides. [More...]
BC Meat Processor Drops Federal Inspection
Feb 13th, 2011
By News Desk, Food Safety News A meat processor that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency suspected had an E. coli contamination problem last November is opting out of federal inspection entirely and will be regulated only by the Province of British Columbia. [More...]
B.C. meat plant covers up positive E-coli test
Jan 20th, 2011
CBC.ca One of British Columbia’s largest meat processing plants covered up lab results that showed a sample of its product was contaminated with the deadly E. coli O157 strain, CBC News has learned. [More...]
Ten Years Later, They’re Still Haunted by E. coli
Dec 3rd, 2010
By Ross Anderson, Food Safety News Ten years ago, the picturesque farming town of Walkerton, Ontario, was plunged into a nightmare of food poisoning that sickened 2,300 residents, killed seven, and terrorized the town and its surroundings for weeks. [More...]
E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection
Oct 3rd, 2009
By: MICHAEL MOSS, New York Times Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes. Then her diarrhea turned bloody. Her kidneys shut down. Seizures knocked her unconscious. The convulsions grew so relentless that doctors had to put [...]
Meat safety inspection spread too thin
May 25th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa – A new staffing survey shows the critical shortage of inspectors in meat processing plants in Canada continues to make it impossible for federal inspectors to verify industry compliance with safety rules. “These numbers show an inspectorate staffed far below minimum levels. With individual inspectors being in charge of five facilities [...]
