The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has finally posted information about a fine nine months after the court decision involving Canadian Select Meats and Ryding-Regency of Toronto.
Canadian Select Meats Inc., pled guilty to two counts of contravening the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations between May 10, 2018, and September 20, 2019. The Court imposed a total fine of $650,000, the CFIA posting this week said.
I obtained court documents and reported the results and fine in mid-January. That was after the CFIA failed to provide the information.
“On the first offense, for providing false or misleading information and/or statements to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspector under Section 15 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA), the Court imposed a fine of $325,000,” the CFIA post said.
“On the second offense, for failure by the operator to immediately notify the Minister and take immediate action to mitigate the risk after establishing that food presents a risk of injury to human health under Section 82(2) of the SFCR, the Court imposed a fine of $325,000.
