Oct 30, 2019 | Media Story
More than one-third of fish samples in Montreal were entirely different species than advertised Jaela Bernstein – CBC News A recent investigation, which tested seafood bought in Montreal, found more than half of the samples were mislabelled, adding to...
Apr 9, 2019 | Media Story
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Apr 7, 2019 | Media Story
Christine Bear – The Associated Press Health Canada says it will launch a months-long consultation process this year on setting a maximum level of arsenic allowed in rice and rice-based food, including baby cereal. Currently, there is no hard limit on arsenic in...
Apr 4, 2019 | Media Story
Kimberly Kindy – The Washington Post The Trump administration plans to shift much of the power and responsibility for food safety inspections in hog plants to the pork industry as early as May, cutting the number of federal inspectors by about 40 percent and...
Apr 1, 2019 | Media Story
David Burke – CBC News When it comes to controlling salmonella outbreaks, Canada could learn a lot from Sweden. The Nordic country is on a passionate mission to eliminate the harmful bacteria from its food. Thanks to strict regulations that apply to chickens and...
Feb 18, 2019 | Media Story
DNA barcoding test found meats not claimed on the labels The Canadian Press A federally funded study has found sausages sold in grocery stores in several provinces contain meat not declared on the label. The research, conducted by a team at the University...
Feb 18, 2019 | Media Story
University of Guelph Sausage mislabelling in Canada is down, according to a new University of Guelph DNA barcoding study. Researchers found mislabelling and cross-species contamination of meat ingredients in 14 per cent of sausage samples selected from grocery stores...
Jan 15, 2019 | Media Story
A Dalhousie University professor says the impact of the partial U.S. government shutdown could be felt in Canada’s food industry Mark Hodgins – Halifax Today A Dalhousie University professor says the impact of the partial U.S. government shutdown could be...
Dec 17, 2018 | Media Story
Recall linked to earlier investigation into contaminated romaine lettuce Gail Harding – CBC News Due to a possible E-coli contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says certain cauliflower, red leaf lettuce and green leaf lettuce products produced by...
Dec 17, 2018 | Media Story
The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced a recall of certain types of cauliflower and lettuce due to possible E. coli contamination. In a post on its website, the agency says the products were produced by California-based...
