The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health seeks clarification from the CFIA after the Agriculture Union disputes assurances given to the Committee by an Agency spokesperson about the frequency of meat inspection in Northern Alberta

Research shows most CFIA programs are currently short staffed approximately 30%. A survey of frontline inspectors that was characterized by the CFIA witness as an “overstatement” found that more than half (55%) describe the current complement of inspection staff in their immediate work group as “inadequate to complete all tasks needed to ensure compliance with food safety requirements”.

News conference Speaking Notes

Speaking notes for Bob Kingston, President, Agriculture Union – PSAC and Rob MacDonald, Regional Vice President for Ontario, Agriculture Union – PSAC .

Briefing to Senate Committee on Food Safety

CTV News Calgary Sept. 28, 2012   CTV News Calgary Sept. 28, 2012 The recall of potentially E. coli-tainted beef products from XL Foods Inc. was expanded Saturday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has now added beef products carried by some Co-op stores...

Contradictions on food safety

What you won’t know THE WINDSOR STAR If you think grocery shopping is a chore now, it’s about to get worse. Tucked virtually unnoticed into last week’s federal budget was a significant change to the way the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will...

Summary of Cuts – Undermining Canada’s Food Safety

What you won’t know THE WINDSOR STAR If you think grocery shopping is a chore now, it’s about to get worse. Tucked virtually unnoticed into last week’s federal budget was a significant change to the way the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will...

Briefing Note – Inspection of Imported Food

Joanna Smith, The Toronto Star It has been nearly two years since Maple Leaf Foods agreed to compensate victims of a deadly nationwide outbreak of listeriosis linked to its deli meats, but not a single cheque has been signed.  [More…] Joanna Smith, The Toronto...