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... the canadian food inspection agency (cfia) this week issued two alerts warning the public against consuming fumagalli la salumeria’s seasoned dry cured pork loin and its spianata romata salami over fears of tainting with the foodborne bacteria ... a voluntary recall on two batches of the meats had been launched by the importer, les aliments edesia foods inc, with canadian food safety officials saying they were monitoring its effectiveness

... wallace mccain, chairman of canadian food group maple leaf foods, and co-founder of frozen chip maker mccain foods, has died at the age of 81 ... “wallace made an indelible impact on maple leaf foods, our country and the food industry globally,” purdy crawford, lead director of the maple leaf foods board of directors, said in a company statement

... canadian food group maple leaf foods has booked a 47% drop in first-quarter profits, which were dented by restructuring costs and lower sales after recent disposals ... divestitures and the strong canadian dollar meant that sales dipped 4% during the quarter, falling to c$1

... canadian regulatory authorities and food manufacturers are not doing enough to ensure a safe canadian food supply, claims an editorial in the latest canadian medical association journal (cmaj) ... writing in the organization’s journal, the public health policy group told canadians that the nation’s food safety system has “major failings” and that they “eat at your own risk” ... paul hébert and co-authors wrote: "canada's public and private sectors are not doing enough to prevent food-borne illnesses ... among the major failings are inadequate active surveillance systems, an inability to trace foods from "farm to fork" and a lack of incentives to keep food safe along the "farm to fork" pathway ... " they cited research from the university of saskatchewan, which ranked canada’s food safety system as mediocre last year when compared to 16 other countries belonging to the organization for economic cooperation and development ... the same research found that canada also ranked second to last in terms of food traceability in 2010 (only ahead of the united states) ... since then, the canadian food inspection agency has launched a transparency initiative, in which it names companies that violate food safety regulations, and publishes information on its website about the compliance and enforcement activities that it undertakes to protect the safety of the canadian food, animal and plant supply ... ” they claim that canada needs better food safety oversight, better government policies and standards, and incentives for industry to encourage improved food safety ... “private and public oversight of food safety should be reformed to ensure sufficiently uniform practices across the country so that we can make comparisons among different regions, suppliers and types of food,” they wrote ... “incentives need to be in place to encourage improvement in food safety at each step ... information on outbreaks of foodborne illnesses — including their possible causes and actions taken to stop them — should be quickly and publicly reported to provide timely feedback to food producers and inspectors, and also to educate the public

... activist hedge fund west face capital has called for a shareholder meeting to pressure maple leaf foods to improve corporate governance at the canadian food group ... west face, which holds a 10% stake in maple leaf, has called for investors to meet to vote on five resolutions put forward by the fund that, it believes, will address "serious investor concerns" over board independence and corporate governance at the food maker ... last month, canadian pension fund the ontario teachers pension plan said it would sell its 25

... maple leaf foods has criticised key investor west face capital after the activist hedge fund called for the canadian food group to improve its corporate governance

... however, saputo said yesterday (2 december) that it has since closed a production line, on which possibly contaminated cheese products were manufactured, and began an investigation in collaboration with the canadian food inspection agency

... canadian food group george weston has struck a deal to buy local "artisan" bread maker ace bakery

... canadian food safety officials said “ considerable progress” has been made in overhauling the country’s food safety systems in the wake of the maple leaf listeria outbreak that killed 23 in 2008 ... a c$13m cash injection to fund more inspectors, updating of manuals, speeding up regulatory approvals for new additives and the piloting of new technology are all measures that are being undertaken, said the canadian food inspections agency (cfia) ... the body’s interim report came in response to the independent investigation into of canada’s food safety system published by sheila weatherill in july 2009 ... the hard-hitting analysis laid bare a raft of systemic failures in the country’s safety canada’s food safety structure and set out 57 recommendations to tackle them ... last year, the canadian government confirmed it would adopt all the proposals in the report and has now outlined the its progress in meeting them ... a pre-market submission project from health canada is already reducing approval times and the agency is developing guidelines to help industry identify which food safety proposals best meet these ... the government said it is “ strengthening national surveillance and early detection” systems, such as the canadian integrated outbreak surveillance center (ciosc), pulsenet canada and a committee dedicated to establishing the national network ... the government recognised that “ there is always more work to be done” and vowed to work with partners to manage the food safety risks ... industry response maple leaf’s food safety chief, dr randy huffman broadly welcomed the progress report, declaring the extra inspection cash to be “key”, as well as recognising the work underway to provide a national surveillance and analysis network ... “it’s important for canadian companies to have approval to use the range of food safety tools that are being used elsewhere, notably in the us , so that our systems are robust and complementary to regulatory requirements,” said dr huffman

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