Posts tagged Food Recalls
Food imports safe, say feds
Dec 8th, 2010
By Laura Payton, Toronto Sun The man in charge of making sure Canada’s food is safe says the system is effective, with audits showing almost perfect compliance for food imports. [More...]
Critics bite into food safety
Nov 30th, 2010
By Laura Payton, Toronto Sun It’s hard to know whether the food you’re buying at the grocery store is safe, say critics of Canada’s food inspection system. [More...]
Just what are we putting in our mouths? Food inspection agency should be thinking of consumers first
Sep 20th, 2010
By Paula Simons, EdmontonJournal.com Perhaps you’re sitting in your kitchen, munching your 100-percent whole wheat toast, feeling virtuous about your fibre intake. [More...]
Deli meat OK for Canadians but off-limits to Americans
Mar 17th, 2010
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...]
HVP recall poses safety questions
Mar 13th, 2010
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...]
Canada expands recall of salmonella-tainted products
Mar 13th, 2010
Canwest News Service More items were added Saturday morning to a growing recall list of products that could be contaminated with salmonella after a popular flavour enhancer was found to be tainted with the bacteria last month. [More...]
Food recalls likely to come slowly
Mar 9th, 2010
By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service It could take months for some food companies to figure out whether a popular flavouring ingredient contaminated with salmonella found its way into their products, industry experts say. [More...]
Brace for massive food recall: officials
Mar 9th, 2010
By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News Service Canadian consumers can likely expect an avalanche of food recalls after an ingredient used in thousands of processed foods was found to be contaminated with salmonella, government investigators said Friday. [More...]
