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Food Safety First

‘Seafood fraud’ widespread in Canada, says ocean advocacy group

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...

What’s behind a deadly salmonella outbreak in Canada?

Apr 9, 2019 | Media Story

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Health Canada says it will set cap on arsenic in food, including baby cereal

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...

Pork industry soon will have more power over meat inspections

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...

Sweden has figured out how to keep food free of salmonella. Why can’t Canada?

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...

14 per cent of sausage tested didn’t specify all meat on label

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...

Researchers find 14 percent of sausages mislabelled in Canada, down from last study

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...

Local food expert says U.S. government shutdown could impact Canadian imports

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...

Some cauliflower, red and green lettuce sold in Canada recalled after U.S. investigation

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...

CFIA announces recall of some types of cauliflower, lettuce due to E. coli fears

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...
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Recent Posts:

  • Ground veal sold at Calgary’s Italian Store recalled for possible E. coli contamination January 15, 2020
  • Risking food safety, USDA plans to let slaughterhouses self-police January 9, 2020
  • Food inspectors warn of ‘mystery’ pork under new meat inspection rules December 18, 2019
  • Auditor-General critical of OMAFRA December 14, 2019
  • CFIA cancels licences of 3 companies in massive meat recall December 3, 2019
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