CFIA reconsiders ill-advised meat inspection changes
For immediate release Ottawa (August 8, 2017) – New leadership at Canada’s food safety regulator is reconsidering changes to inspection procedures its former President planned to usher in under a program called “Inspection Modernization” amid warnings the changes...Abacus Data survey of frontline food safety personnel to be released
The federal budget tabled on March 22nd includes a $38.5 million investment to shore up our sagging food safety system. The damage done to food safety during the Harper years will take time to repair. Expertise at the top of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has...American auditors find weak listeria testing and other major food safety problems in Canada
Ottawa (1 March, 2016) – American food safety regulators have given the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) until the middle of March to fix significant food safety issues found during an audit of the CFIA’s meat, poultry and egg products inspection systems.
Lax border control leaves Niagara producers vulnerable
Niagara Falls, ON– Two of the four major land crossings from the US into Canada in the Niagara Region are unattended by inspectors from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, leaving agricultural producers in the region wide open to pests and diseases that could devastate the industry and threaten Canada’s bio-security.
Canadians at odds with Harper government on food safety: Nanos poll
Winnipeg (20 August 2015) By a wide margin, Canadians do not trust the food processing industry to police its own safety practices and expect the federal government to ensure that what we eat is safe, according to a new Nanos poll released this morning.
Notice of news conference — Manitoba slaughter houses operate below minimum inspector presence; Nanos survey on food inspection to be released
Ottawa (18 August 2015) – Details of inadequate meat inspection in Manitoba’s federally regulated slaughter houses will be released at a news conference on Thursday, August 20 in Winnipeg.
Bar-b-quers beware
Every meat slaughter inspection group in Toronto and throughout Ontario is working short-handed, often operating below staffing levels required to ensure meat packing houses are following all safety requirements.
News conference Advisory — Meat inspector survey to be released
A staffing survey of meat inspectors which finds that slaughter houses in Toronto and throughout Ontario are operating shorthanded, some by as much as 40%, will be released at a news conference this morning by the federal food inspectors union. This will be a cautionary tale for Canadians at the height of bar-b-que season.
News conference advisory – Bar-b-quers beware
The federal food inspectors union will make an important announcement concerning the state of meat inspection in Ontario tomorrow.