E. coli-tainted beef recalled days after meat tested positive

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E. coli-tainted beef recalled days after meat tested positive; E. coli-tainted beef recalled days after meat tested positive Federal system failed to keep unsafe product from making it to
Topic Started: Dec 16 2014, 04:06 AM (155 Views)
Darcie	Dec 16 2014, 04:06 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: The federal system designed to keep Canadian food safe to eat failed in December to prevent ground beef contaminated with E. coli from being offered for sale to consumers. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's December recall of 31,000 pounds of ground beef followed a positive test of a random sample by a federally-co-ordinated public health surveillance program, CBC News has learned. It was not a result of any inspection work performed by the CFIA, whose job it is to prevent tainted meat from entering the marketplace. The recall also was not widely publicized until the morning of Dec. 2 — three or four days after the "use by" dates of the packaged meat had passed. That timeline suggests the entire food safety system managed by CFIA failed to either detect E. coli-tainted meat in a federally regulated processing facility or recall the problem batch until after any of the fresh meat had likely been consumed or thrown out. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/e-coli-tainted-beef-recalled-days-after-meat-tested-positive-1.2873029?cmp=rss How can anyone find this acceptable? Wonder what the current supporters of the Harper regime think of this level of competence in their administration.



Dialtone	Dec 16 2014, 05:14 AM Post #2
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,190 Group: Member Member #721 Joined: April 1, 2010	It's an opportunity for improvement, just like it would be under a Trudeau regime, or a Mulcair regime. There have been E coli issues long before Harper was elected, and there will be E coli issues in mass produced foods long after Harper is gone. Food processing will never be perfect, but a recent Conference Board of Canada survey that showed Canada had one of the best food safety systems among 17 developed economies.



Darcie	Dec 16 2014, 05:31 AM Post #3
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Dialtone Dec 16 2014, 05:14 AM It's an opportunity for improvement, just like it would be under a Trudeau regime, or a Mulcair regime. There have been E coli issues long before Harper was elected, and there will be E coli issues in mass produced foods long after Harper is gone. Food processing will never be perfect, but a recent Conference Board of Canada survey that showed Canada had one of the best food safety systems among 17 developed economies. Conference Board of Canada :cow-IthinkIamgoingmad:



Durgan	Dec 16 2014, 08:12 AM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	The CFIA has always been a joke. Sort of like the SIU. That said. E coli is destroyed by cooking properly. There is no need to recall. Durgan.



friendshipgal	Dec 16 2014, 12:32 PM Post #5
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Darcie Dec 16 2014, 05:31 AM Dialtone Dec 16 2014, 05:14 AM It's an opportunity for improvement, just like it would be under a Trudeau regime, or a Mulcair regime. There have been E coli issues long before Harper was elected, and there will be E coli issues in mass produced foods long after Harper is gone. Food processing will never be perfect, but a recent Conference Board of Canada survey that showed Canada had one of the best food safety systems among 17 developed economies. Conference Board of Canada :cow-IthinkIamgoingmad: What is wrong with the Conference Board now, please enlighten us. The U of Guelph a few years ago ranked Canada #4 (tied with the U.A ) in food safety, http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/canadas-food-safety-system-ranked-worlds-best-1970306.htm Canada's Food Safety System Ranked World's Best



Durgan	Dec 16 2014, 12:50 PM Post #6
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	friendshipgal Dec 16 2014, 12:32 PM Darcie Dec 16 2014, 05:31 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep What is wrong with the Conference Board now, please enlighten us. The U of Guelph a few years ago ranked Canada #4 (tied with the U.A ) in food safety, http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/canadas-food-safety-system-ranked-worlds-best-1970306.htm Canada's Food Safety System Ranked World's Best Self promotion. They hid the point of origin. Most of the frozen meat and fish one has to look with a magnifying glass to find most is from China. I hold the CFIA responsible. I don't even believe China should be exporting food.



Durgan	Dec 16 2014, 12:51 PM Post #7
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	friendshipgal Dec 16 2014, 12:32 PM Darcie Dec 16 2014, 05:31 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep What is wrong with the Conference Board now, please enlighten us. The U of Guelph a few years ago ranked Canada #4 (tied with the U.A ) in food safety, http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/canadas-food-safety-system-ranked-worlds-best-1970306.htm Canada's Food Safety System Ranked World's Best Self promotion. They hid the point of origin. Most of the frozen meat and fish one has to look with a magnifying glass to find most is from China. I hold the CFIA responsible. I don't even believe China should be exporting food.



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