Posts tagged Parliamentary committee on food safety
Report calls for listeria inquiry
Jun 19th, 2009
Panel blames ‘turf wars’ for time lost in warning public about meat crisis
By: Robert Cribb, Toronto Star
Canadians need a full public inquiry into the death of 22 Canadians from last summer’s listeria outbreak and increased inspection oversight in meat plants, a parliamentary investigation has concluded.
After two months of hearings, the parliamentary food safety report also [...]
Food safety report sets a prudent course on inspector shortage
Jun 18th, 2009
Ottawa – The federal government should move quickly to implement recommendations concerning food inspection resources contained in a report tabled in Parliament this morning, according to the Agriculture Union – PSAC, which represents government food inspectors.
Following two months of public hearings, the parliamentary food safety committee expressed concern about the inspector shortage and CFIA’s inability [...]
Agriculture committee calls for public inquiry into listeriosis crisis
Jun 18th, 2009
CBC News
A parliamentary committee is calling for a public inquiry into the actions of the federal government and its agencies during last summer’s deadly listeriosis outbreak.
Slicer machines at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto were disassembled to allow cleaning of internal components deep within the equipment in the wake of last summer’s listeria crisis. [...]
CFIA’s Mission Impossible
Apr 20th, 2009
To: Members of the Sub-Committee on Food Safety
The work you are about to undertake is critical to the safety of all Canadians. That’s why it’s important for you to know the unvarnished truth about the food safety inspection capacity shortfall at the CFIA.
When it comes to delivering the legally required oversight of Canada’s meat [...]
