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In Brief… – for Jan. 28, 2010

Unlicensed beef dealer fined: An Ontario beef dealer is on the hook for $15,000 after he was convicted last week of buying cattle in 2007 without a licence. Richard (Butch) Clare of Burford, Ont. was convicted at trial Oct. 9, along with two numbered Ontario companies, one of which operated under the name Butch Clare
Livestock

Maple Leaf Deal Clarifies Duty To Foreign Workers

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Anow-ratified labour contract at Maple Leaf Foods’ main pork slaughter and processing plant at Brandon will lay out the company’s obligations to its imported workers, according to their union. The company’s new five-year deal with over 2,200 Brandon workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 offers improvements to pensions, wages,
News

Maple Leaf Hit With More Bad News

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Maple Leaf Foods says sanitary conditions at its Toronto plant that was the source of the deadly listeria outbreak in 2008 have improved greatly. There have been no recalls of products or orders to withhold deli meats from the market, says Maple Leaf spokeswoman Linda Smith. A Canadian Press story, citing documents obtained under Access
News

Maple Leaf Foods Posts Profit, Listeria Crisis Past

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Maple Leaf Foods Inc., returned to profit in the third quarter on strong performances at its bakery and prepared meats divisions as it recovered from the effects of a costly tainted meat recall last year. Maple Leaf said Oct. 28 it earned $22.5 million, or 17 Canadian cents a share, in the third quarter, ended
News

Funds To Implement Food Safety

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The federal government will spend $75 million during the next few years to implement the 57 recommendations from special investigator Sheila Weatherill for preventing listeria and improving food safety. “We are making significant investments to hire more inspectors, update technologies and protocols and improve communication so that Canadians have the information they need to protect
Beef cattle, Livestock

New Listeria Policy Claims A Success

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While it was nothing on the scale of last year’s incident with Maple Leaf deli meats, a recall of sliced meat products from a Montreal company suggests new federal listeria rules help. The recall involved Delstar Foods of Montreal that distributes ready-to-eat products under its own and Compliments brands. It recalled all its sliced meats
News

In Brief… – for Aug. 6, 2009

El Nińo coming: Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says an El Nińo weather system in the Pacific Ocean would be established by September-November at the latest. The bureau said there was now agreement between international weather models that an El Nińo, which can bring drought conditions to Australia and weaken Asian monsoons, would be established by
Livestock

No Escape For Government Bodies In Listeria Report

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Health Canada, the Public Health Agency and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have all been cited for contributing to a breakdown in the food inspection system during last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak. To prevent a repeat of it, special investigator Sheila Weatherill proposed 57 recommendations to improve food safety. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said they
Country Crossroads

Does Canada Need A National Food Standard?

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One re commenda -tion flowing from a Commons subcommittee report that resonates with the food industry is the need for a national food inspection standard. Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods and the face of food safety these days, says, “All food for sale in Canada, whether it is produced in federally
News

Listeria Warning Signs Missed

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Maple Leaf Foods president Michael McCain put his finger on the weak link in his company’s efforts to prevent contamination of its ready-to-eat meats during his testimony before the Commons food safety subcommittee April 20. He said the company was properly testing its products and sanitizing its plant. What it missed was analyzing the results

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