Feb 27, 2017 | Briefing Note
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”.
Jul 28, 2015 | Briefing Note
Speaking notes for Bob Kingston, President, Agriculture Union – PSAC and Rob MacDonald, Regional Vice President for Ontario, Agriculture Union – PSAC .
Apr 2, 2015 | Briefing Note
Health Minister Rona Ambrose believes the federal meat inspectors union is “irresponsible” and “inaccurate” when it says meat inspection has been reduced in Northern Alberta meat plants because of an inspector shortage. But, an internal...
Mar 31, 2015 | Briefing Note
On January 5th this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency quietly established a double inspection standard for meat produced in northern Alberta.
Oct 3, 2012 | Briefing Note
Yesterday in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Harper said: “Mr. Speaker, as soon as the information about the contamination (at XL Foods) first became available on September 4, the agency acted to contain contaminated product, and it has been acting ever since then.
Oct 2, 2012 | Briefing Note
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...
Apr 24, 2012 | Briefing Note
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...
Apr 24, 2012 | Briefing Note
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...
Jun 1, 2011 | Briefing Note
By Kathy Tomlinson, CBC News A major western Canadian grocery chain has been selling produce advertised as “B.C. Grown” that came from the United States or elsewhere, CBC News has found. [More…] By Kathy Tomlinson, CBC News A major western Canadian...
Dec 7, 2010 | Briefing Note
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...
