Nine Canadian meat packers had their federal licences
suspended in the third quarter of last year.
Licence suspension is the most serious action the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency can take against a company for failure to comply with
food safety regulations. It stops the company from operating until it can
correct the problems.
Olymel of Quebec laid off 320 workers at its Prince Foods
plant at Cornwall on Aug. 4, telling reporters that it was addressing “technical”
problems.
In fact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency suspended its
licence until Sept. 29.
Other licence suspensions included:
Les Viande Pasco of Montreal, suspended Aug. 11.
Les Aliment Kim Phat of Montreal, suspended Sept. 13.
La Cie Salaminco Ltée of Ville St-Laurent suspended July 25.
Poubec inc. of Chicoutimi, suspended July 18.
Les Aliment Da Vinci of Mdontreal, suspended Sept. 19.
Capital Packers of Edmonton, suspended from Sept. 13 to 20.
Pacific Sharpa of Richmond, B.C., suspended Aug. 15.
Great White Food Company Ltd. of Richmond, B.C., licence
cancelled Aug. 4.
