Union slams Conservatives' food safety plan
A public service worker union claims the federal Conservatives' plans to beef up Canada's food safety won't add food inspectors where they're needed most - on the floors of processing plants and retail...
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Food Safety program tapped out
OMAFRA is studying its options after a popular food safety program runs out of money in just four monthsPhoto: Jeff Wilsonby SUSAN MANNHillsburgh-area fruit and vegetable farmer Jeff Wilson wanted to...
View ArticleCFIA switches policy on naming food-safety rule breakers
The federal inspection agency launched its new policy this weekby PAT CURRIEIn a switch of policy, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency this week began publishing details of its law-enforcement...
View ArticleFSTI applications hit limit
More than 1,000 Food Safety and Traceability Initiative applications have been filed in Ontarioby BETTER FARMING STAFFClose to 1,100 applications for the Food Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI)...
View ArticleEgg case archive
A summary of Better Farming's news coverage of legal action within Ontario’s egg industryCommission plans December release of egg industry report September 25, 2013Egg processor seeks appeal of latest...
View ArticleOntario greenhouse growers face U.S. audits
It’s not yet known whether the audits will become a routine requirement for doing business south of the borderby SUSAN MANNSix Ontario greenhouse growers who export into the American market are being...
View ArticleGMO labelling rules unlikely to change soon
New Codex Alimentarius Commission guidelines mean labelling in Canada remains voluntaryby SUSAN MANNNo matter what their perspective on genetically modified foods, industry experts agree that an...
View ArticleExpert recommends surveillance to solve tainted food outbreaks
The Canadian government is trying to do its best, says food safety professor. ‘The problem is the focus is on the wrong place’by SUSAN MANNA Manitoba food safety expert is critical of Canada’s approach...
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Group gives thumbs up to new food safety legislation
Safe Food for Canadians Act will align inspection and enforcement powers across all food commoditiesby SUSAN MANNFood manufacturers are welcoming a new legislation that federal officials say will...
View ArticleCFIA study shows most food complied with chemical residue and metals limits
by SUSAN MANNMore than 98 per cent of food samples tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency as part of its annual monitoring program complied with Health Canada standards for chemical residues and...
View ArticleCFIA invites comment on food safety action plan
by SUSAN MANNPeople have until Nov. 30 to comment on various aspects of the federal government’s proposals to revamp the country’s food safety system.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency held the first...
View ArticleCFIA announces new food safety enforcement measures
by SUSAN MANNMeat processors that fail to respect Canadian meat safety requirements will be facing new penalties, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.The new fines are called administrative...
View ArticleDairy Farmers of Canada to introduce national traceability
by SUSAN MANNDairy Farmers of Canada’s efforts to introduce a national traceability program and implement more parts of its national assurance program for dairy production got a huge boost today from...
View ArticleCanadian hort industry opens food safety certification program to wholesalers...
by SUSAN MANNWholesalers and repackers of fresh fruits and vegetable can now get certified as part of the horticultural industry’s national food safety program, CanadaGAP.Heather Gale, executive...
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Contaminated herbs found on Canadian grocery shelves, report concludes
The occurrence isn’t often, but when it happens, food-borne illness can result, CFIA report warnsmoreguefile photoby JIM ALGIE Leafy herbs contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms can be found...
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New food safety rules will affect Canadian growers exporting to the U.S.
Just how much of an impact they will have could depend in part on business sizeby SUSAN MANNCanadian horticultural industry leaders are poring over documents issued by the United States Food and Drug...
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Food Safety program tapped out
OMAFRA is studying its options after a popular food safety program runs out of money in just four monthsPhoto: Jeff Wilsonby SUSAN MANNHillsburgh-area fruit and vegetable farmer Jeff Wilson wanted to...
View ArticleCFIA switches policy on naming food-safety rule breakers
The federal inspection agency launched its new policy this weekby PAT CURRIEIn a switch of policy, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency this week began publishing details of its law-enforcement...
View ArticleFSTI applications hit limit
More than 1,000 Food Safety and Traceability Initiative applications have been filed in Ontarioby BETTER FARMING STAFFClose to 1,100 applications for the Food Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI)...
View ArticleEgg case archive
A summary of Better Farming's news coverage of legal action within Ontario’s egg industryCommission plans December release of egg industry report September 25, 2013Egg processor seeks appeal of latest...
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