The Canadian Food Inspection Agency seized or detained raw
beef four times this year at Brookfield Cold Storage in Brampton.
It was contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
The seizures or detentions, reported on the CFIA website,
were on March 5, 12, 19 and 23.
The agency also seized pork twice in January at Zadi Foods
Limited in Toronto, citing on “biological hazards” as the reason.
There were 10 detentions at meat packers in Quebec, but none
in the four Western provinces.
Another report indicates six import shipments were refused
entry, three of them for failure to comply with Health of Animals regulations
and the other three for “other” reasons.
Those shipments were ham from Spain, bacon from the United
States, fresh chestnuts in the shell from China, cured ham and sausage from
Spain, cucumbers from the U.S. and chocolate milk from India.
Really? Chocolate milk from India? How bizarre!
The CFIA continues to crack down on livestock and poultry
truckers. It collected $320,000 in fines during the first three months of this
year, $143,000 in Ontario, $92,400 in Quebec and $83,400 in Atlantic Canada.
Maple Lodge was hit again, his time with six fines totaling $46,800.
That brings its total to 32 fines amounting to $223,600.
L. Bilodeau & Fils of Quebec was fined three more times
for $23,400, bringing its total to 21 fines and $114,200.
There were five animal identification fines during the first
quarter this year, all of them in Quebec and totaling $2,600.
There were three fines and two warnings issued over feed
infractions, all of them in Quebec. The fines totaled $10,000.
