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ONTARIO: Bioniche appoints U.S. President of Food Safety;
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.; April 21, 2008
CANADA takes lead in declaring bisphenol A toxic;
By Martin Mittelstaedt; Globe and Mail; April 18, 2008
CANADA: More health inspection results coming to a computer near you;
By Naoibh O'Connor; The Vancouver Courier; April 9, 2008
Canadian E. coli policy consultations swing into high gear;
NAMP NewsFax; April 7, 2008
ONTARIO: Schmidt to defend himself at trial;
By Don Crosby; The Sun Times; April 2, 2008
Menu Foods to settle tainted pet food lawsuits;
By Kevin Bell; Financial Post; April 1, 2008
Food allergies hit the music charts;
By Tara Parker - Pope; New York Times;
March 31, 2008
CANADA: Put out to pasteurize;
By Mark Cardwell; The Gazette;
March 31, 2008
CANADA: Officials cite poisonings;
The Gazette;
March 31, 2008
CANADA celebrates WTO beef growth hormone ruling;
EU Business;
March 31, 2008
Hort growers' safety program endorsed;
By FBC staff; Alberta Express;
March 26, 2008
OTTAWA: Knowing where your food comes from;
By Elizabeth Payne; Ottawa Citizen;
March 25, 2008
CANADA: Teen's illness stirs pet food debate, Case prompts calls for industry-wide safety regulations;
By Stephane Massinon; Calagary Herald;
March 23, 2008
Letter: CANADA has stringent food safety standards: minister;
St. Catharines Standard;
March 19, 2008
Superbug found in CANADIAN pork products;
By Helen Branswell; The Canadian Press;
March 19, 2008
Illnesses linked to leafy greens on the rise, study;
By Charlotte Eyre; www.foodproductiondaily.com;
March 18, 2008
Information Update: Health Canada Reminds Canadians of Egg Safety;
Health Canada;
March 17, 2008
CALGARY: Handling dog treats made teen seriously ill;
Calgary Herald;
March 15, 2008
Officials investigate dangers of donairs; By
Charles Mandel; Canwest News Service;
March 15, 2008
CANADA: Restaurants revealed; By
Peter Walsh; The Telegram;
March 14, 2008
ONTARIO: E. coli found in tests on beef at Guelph packing plant;
Welland Tribune;
March 14, 2008
CANADA:
CFIA: Safety Alert-Presence of Salmonella bacteria in Roll Over Pork Tenders Premium Dog Treat;
Marketwire;
March 13, 2008
Are you going to eat that?; By
Dave McGinn; Globe and Mail;
March 12, 2008
CANADIAN guidance for sprout growers; By
Terry Peters; Canadian Food Inspection Agency;
March 7, 2008
Possible connection between food
safety and cheap prices; By Chantal Durand; www.mykawartha.com;
March 7, 2008
CANADIAN consumers wary of food safety: focus groups;
By Don Butler; The Ottawa Citizen; March 6, 2008
NOVA SCOTIA: Cockburn here to promote food safety;
By Cathy Von Kintzel; The Chronicle Herald; March 6, 2008
Canadian consumers wary of food safety: focus groups;
By Don Butler; The Ottawa Citizen; March 6, 2008
FLORIDA: Flight to Canada diverted with 8 sick;
Associated Press; March 5, 2008
CANADIAN firms recalls frozen chicken entrees for possible listeria contamination;
USDA; March 4, 2008
CANADA: Device reminds health workers to wash hands;
CTV; March 3, 2008
CANADA: How to get all the poop on the best lavatories;
By Misty Harris; canada.com; March 2, 2008
Meatpacker to shut down in wake of massive recall;
By David Kesmodel; Wall Street Journal; February 23, 2008
ONTARIO: Eatery postings face delay;
London Free Press; February 22, 2008
ONTARIO: Couple suing over tainted juice;
By Isabel Teotonio; The Star; February 21, 2008
CANADA: Rat-plagued dumpling house reopened;
The Star; February 20, 2008
CANADA: Food-safety guides are to keep kids safe, says health authority;
By Suzanne Fournier; The Vancouver Province; February 19, 2008
CANADA: Food grade and specialty lubricants at Maintec;
Petro-Canada; February 15, 2008
Report warns holes in federal shellfish program place consumer health at risk;
By Dean Beeby; The Canadian Press ; February 2008
ONTARIO: Health authorities shut down Chinatown restaurant after rat photos surface;
By Rob Roberts; National Post; February 15, 2008
TORONTO: Couple sue over tainted carrot juice;
Barry Hertz; National Post; February 15, 2008
How clean is your kitchen?;
By Mat Loup; February 14, 2008
Wal-Mart Becomes First Nationwide U.S. Grocer to Adopt Global Food Safety Initiative Standards;
cnnmoney.com; February 4, 2008
CANADA: Auditor general says restaurant inspectors aren't enforcing rules;
By Peter Walsh; The Telegram; February 2, 2008
CANADA: Hepatitis A case confirmed at B.C. ski resort restaurant;
Cossacks Breaking News; January 31, 2008
CANADA: Organic safety: false security;
By Carly Weeks; Globe and Mail; January 30, 2008
Supermarket chain operator Metro to pay $15,625 after its warehouse was shut for mouse infestation;
By Dana Flavelle; business reporter; January 30, 2008
Firm waited to recall rancid baby food;
By Carly Weeks; Globe and Mail; January 29, 2008
CANADA: Capital Health 'breached duty' on restaurant records;
By Duncan Thorne; Edmonton Journal; January 28, 2008
CANADA: 'No-brainer' hand-washing lesson costs taxpayer $16M;
By Don Braid; Calgary Herald; January 17, 2008
Government of CANADA launches consultation on CANADA'S proposed Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan;
Government of Canada; January 15, 2008
CANADA: Restaurant accused of serving faked food;
By Valerie Wilson; Nanaimo Daily News; December 20, 2007
CANADA: Viral outbreak sickens Mac staff;
By Carmela Fragomeni; Hamilton Spectator; December 20, 2007
CANADA: Aylmer Meat Packers guilty;
By Jim Romahn; K-W Recordv; December 20, 2007
U of R researchers compile food safety rankings;
By Ciaran Dickson, The Star Phoenix; Regina Leader-Post; December
18, 2007
CANADA: Meat processing plant and operator convicted under the food safety and quality act;
from a press release; December 7, 2007
Canadian Horticultural Council to release on-farm food safety training kit for fresh fruit and vegetable farmers;
Canadian Horticultural Council; December 5, 2007
QUEBEC: Olymel LP fined $7,000 on two charges;
Canadian Food Inspection Agency; December 5, 2007
ONTARIO: Salmonella outbreak up to almost 100 cases;
By John Miner; London Free Press; November 21, 2007
MLAs engage in pork politics;
By Jeremy Loome; Edmonton Sun; November 21, 2007
ONTARIO: Almost 100 cases of salmonella poisoning at Western;
CBC; November 20, 2007
ONTARIO: Truck blitz uncovers serious food violation;
Guelph Mercury; November 20, 2007
CANADA: Timbits given as reward for handwashing;
By Lisa Priest; Globe and Mail; November 20, 2007
CANADA: Cdn officials probing 45 E. coli cases linked to U.S. meat-related outbreak;
By Clint Thomas; Canadian Press; November 4, 2007
Survey shows consumers confident in the CANADIAN food supply;
By Bruce Cochrane; Farmscape; October 31, 2007
LONDON: Walkerton victims face new risk;
By John Miner; London Free Press; October 26, 2007
CANADA: Investigation into E. coli cases in Canada;
CFIA; October 26, 2007
ONTARIO:
A&M Cookie Company Canada recalls a small number of
President's Choice Chocolate Chunk Brownie Cookie packages;
U.S. FDA Press Release; October 25, 2007
CANADA: Calgary health officials warn of possible hepatitis A at restaurant;
The Canadian Press; October 24, 2007
CANADA: Ottawa vows to make food and consumer products safer;
By Carly Weeks; Canada.com; October 24, 2007
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak lands restaurateurs in court;
The Review; October 23, 2007
NOVA SCOTIA: Second family member being treated in hospital for E.coli;
The Daily News; October 17, 2007
CANADA: Health department slaps restaurant owners with 34 charges;
By Matthew Van Dongen; St. Catherines Standard; October 16, 2007
FLORIDA: Food recall prompts stores and online retailers to offer home food test
kits for E. coli and Salmonella in Canada and the United States;
Magna Medical Services Inc; October 15, 2007
GUELPH: Public health fines for restaurants on the rise this year; Inspectors have
leeway to decide if restaurants are fined or warned;
By Lisa Varano; Guelph Mercury; October 10, 2007
Three people have filed lawsuits against a grocery
store chain after eating contaminated ground beef;
CKNW(AM980); October 2007
ONTARIO: RibFest vendor fined; Inspectors want eatery excluded next year, health board hears;
By Lisa Varano; Guelph Mercury; October 4, 2007
CANADA: Ranchers soon to face changes in meat packing;
Cariboo Press; September 26, 2007
5,000 bags of salad mix sought in recall, Dole says
Most packages were sold in U.S.;
By Stephen J. Hedges; Washington Bureau; September 19, 2007
ALBERTA: Bakery fined for letting sickly employee work;
By Tony Blais; Edmonton Sun; September 12, 2007
Toronto based publishing company MediaEDGE Communications Inc. has acquired controlling interest in CANADIAN FOODSAFETY MANAGEMENT magazine;
September 10, 2007
ALBERTA's safe produce survillance project - questions and answers;
Alberta Government Agriculture and Food; August 31, 2007
NEW BRUNSWICK: 5 cases of salmonella reported in Fredericton;
CBC News; August 30, 2007
ALBERTA farmers' market produce under scrutiny;
CBC News; August 29, 2007
California grower recalls salmonella-tainted spinach;
August 2007
ONTARIO: Raw milk
cheese alert eats at landowners lobby;
By Tom Van Dusen; Ottawa Sun; August 23, 2007
Eatery hit by E. coli set to reopen;
By Peter Downs; St. Catharines Standard; August 22, 2007
ALBERTA beef plan goes bust;
By Kevin Libin; National Post; August 22, 2007
CANADA: Baby carrots recall expanded to include Manitoba: 4 Calgarians become ill from shigella bacteria;
CBC.ca News; August 21, 2007
Calgary: Call to health agency made too late, says mother of E. coli victim;
CBC.ca News; August 21, 2007
ONTARIO: Caterer investigated in salmonella cases;
The Mississauga News; August 20, 2007
CANADA's fresh produce safe and healthy, industry says;
The Daily Townsman; August 20, 2007
HAMILTON: Caterer probed in salmonella cases;
The Hamilton Spectator; August 18, 2007
Canada tackles the food import safety issue;
By Michael Stittle; CTV.ca News; August 18, 2007
CANADIAN tourists hit with norovirus during Dominican Republic trip;
Metronews; August 16, 2007
CANADA: Safety of meats has been assured - but at a cost;
By Carly Weeks; The Ottawa Citizen; August 8, 2007
OTTAWA: Poll shows Canadians willing to pay more for better food safety;
By Carly Weeks; The Ottawa Citizen; August 8, 2007
CANADA: Food inspections create double-standard;
By Carly Weeks; The Daily Bulletin; August 8, 2007
CANADA: Norovirus confirmed as source of Surrey reunion illness;
By Chantal Eustace; Vancouver Sun; August 7, 2007
OTTAWA: Our food isn't as safe as you think;
CanWest; August 7, 2007
Food safety a big problem worldwide -WHO officials;
By Stephanie Nebehay; Reuters; July 17, 2007
Illnesses tied to taste of Chicago reach 491;
CBS Channel 2; July 14, 2007
Two others ill from E. coli;
By Denis Langlois; The Sun Times; July 13, 2007
E. coli reports skyrocketing with 17 patients sickened since July 1st;
By Michelle Lang; Calgary Herald; July 13, 2007
Tampered Beer Warning Issued For
T.O. Bars And Restaurants;
CityNews.ca Staff; July 13, 2007
4 people in Toronto hospital with E. coli infection after Canada Day barbecue;
Canadian Press; July 12, 2007
Organic foods and food safety: separate, antagonistic, or symbiotic?;
By Doug Powell; International Food Safety Network; July 10, 2007
Two cases of E. coli reported in city; Patients recovered without hospitalization;
The Edmonton Journal; July 10, 2007
Charges not yet laid following E. coli outbreak;
Niagara Falls Review; July 10, 2007
Peanut Butter plant plans to open soon;
Channl 10 News; July 10, 2007
26 more E. coli victims of DOLE spinach outbreak settle suits;
By Bill Marler; Marler Blog; July 9, 2007
Tainted beef sickens five in Alberta, B.C.;
The Edmonton Journal/The Calgary Herald; July 8, 2007
Five sick with E. coli O157 in Alberta and B.C.;
By Doug Powell; barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu; July 8, 2007
Salads,
samosas: Coming soon to a sidewalk near you: By summer's end, outdoor vendors free to offer more than hot dogs;
By Rob Ferguson and Robert Benzie; Toronto Star; July 7, 2007
Bad burger puts man off fast food;
Canadian Press; July
6, 2007
Restaurants ordered to tell diners of risk;
By Gerry Bellett and Catherine Rolfsen; Vancouver Sun; July
6, 2007
Bacteria in mud may have made bike racers ill, doctors believe;
By Cathryn Atkinson; Globe and Mail; July 6, 2007
E. coli outbreak linked to Hanover hospital; Six people attending day away program on June 22 fall ill;
By Tara Bowe; Owen Sound Times; July 5, 2007
Restaurants in N.B. health inspections seeing red, yellow and green;
CBC News; July 4, 2007
Health and safety: Are Canadian safeguards adequate? Policing Chinese food exports proves a daunting task;
By Martin Mittelstaedt; Globe and Mail; July 2, 2007
Store reopens after salmonella outbreak;
Niagara Falls Review; June 28, 2007
What gets in the way of washing your hands?;
By Brae Surgeoner; barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu; June 27, 2007
Raw nerve;
By Douglas Powell; Charleston City Paper; June 27, 2007
Food safety training should be a must;
By Douglas Powell; St. Catharines Standard; June 26, 2007
Hershey scare hits city;
By Barry Ellsworth; Belleville Intelligencer; June 26, 2007
Health Unit issues order against local farmer;
The Lindsay Post; June 24, 2007
Salmonella shuts eatery; Seventeen people ill after eating take-out from Stewart's Farm Market in Fort Erie;
By Jennifer Pellegrini; St. Catharines Standard; June 23, 2007
$340,000 case of the fly in the water bottle to be appealed;
National Post; June 22, 2007
Stolen chocolate bars missing, public warned about Salmonella;
CanWest News Service; June 13, 2007
It takes a clean kitchen to make healthy food;
By Allison Langly; Niagara Falls Review; June 13, 2007
Two more infected with E. coli;
The St. Catharines Standard; June 12, 2007
Four-year-old E. coli victim recovering in hospital;
Osprey News Network; June 10, 2007
Cruise ships' hygiene plan battles onboard bugs;
By Kelly Sinoski; The Vancouver Sun; June 5, 2007
New, stricter regulations may force small abattoirs underground;
By Shannon Moneo; Globe and Mail; June 5, 2007
E. coli outbreak shuts down St. Catharines eatery;
By Matthew Van Dongen; St. Catharines Standard; June 5, 2007
Point of view;
By Frank Yiannas; International Association for Food Protection; June
1, 2007
CDC says peanut butter salmonella sickened 628;
Reuters; May 31, 2007
Baby food tamperer sent to jail; Man returned bogus formula for drug money, court hears;
By Sue Yanagisawa; Kingston Whig-Standard; May 30, 2007
Public needs more data on food safety;
Hamilton Spectator; May 27, 2007
Shawarma restaurant fined for health violations;
Calgary Rush Hour; May 24, 2007
'Bioactive' paper could detect, kill E. coli germ; Scientists inventing device for hospitals, grocery stores;
By Tom Spears; Times Colonist; May 24, 2007
Hepatitis A vaccinations to be offered after restaurant worker becomes ill;
770AM; May 15, 2007
Chewed gum found in Big Xtra burger;
CBC.ca; News; May 9, 2007
Salmonella outbreak happened at county group home;
By Jeanne Pengelly; The Peterborough Examiner; May 9, 2007
Colour-coded restaurant report card would make sense politicians;
By Kevin Werner; Hamilton News; April 27, 2007
Remaking a tainted image: Bad milkshakes two years ago have served up a flood of litigation;
By Dawn Walton; The Globe and Mail; April 26, 2007
Grocer fined after best-before dates changed on repackaged chicken;
Canadian Press; April 25, 2007
Serving up bacteria on the city's streets;
Toronto Star; April 24, 2007
Taco Bell may pay millions to settle: Montco man, 19 others drop suits to negotiate over E. coli illnesses;
The Morning Call; April 16, 2007
Ark. company develops food safety test;
Yahoo! News; April 2, 2007
Consumers still not getting food safety message, expert claims; Only about five in 100 cooks use a meat thermometer on any regular basis;
By Jim Romahn; Ontario Farmer; March 27, 2007
Why restaurant inspection information should be made public;
By Douglas Powell and Ben Chapman; Kingston Whig-Standard; March
23, 2007
12-year-old relates what it's like to live with a peanut allergy;
By Allegra Cullen; Albany Times Union; March 19, 2007
Infections linked to raw milk;
The London Free Press; March 17, 2007
Yersinia infection most likely from raw milk;
Grey Bruce Health Unit; March 16, 2007
Canada a 'controlled risk' for mad cow;
Sarnia Observer; March 10, 2007
Woman has burger beef; Family cheesed off at glass-like bits they say found in Big Mac;
By Laura Czekaj; Ottawa Sun; March 10, 2007
Hands-free faucet is sanitary way to flow;
The Toronto Star; March 10, 2007
HEALTH HAZARD ALERT - SIENA DELI BRAND SLICED BLACK FOREST HAM MAY CONTAIN SALMONELLA BACTERIA;
From a press release; March 6, 2007
Restaurant inspection reports soon available;
The Guardian; February 28, 2007
How safe is our food?;
By Ronald L. Doering; FoodLaw; February 27, 2007
Most students back in class;
Prince George Free Press; February 8, 2007
City looks at mandatory food handling training;
By Joanna Frketich; Hamilton Spectator; January 29, 2007
Information Update - Health Canada reminds Canadians about the risks in eating sprouts;
From a press release; Health Canada; January 24, 2007
Great idea awaits big customer;
By Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco; National Post; January 22, 2007
Employee arrested in probe into syringe casings;
MSN Sympatico-CTV.ca; January 5, 2007
Retail scene;
By Deanna Rosolen; Food in Canada; January 5, 2007
Restaurant inspector finds food poorly stored;
The Record; January 4, 2007
Grocers join war on disease;
By Andrea Miller; Red Deer Advocate; January 4, 2007
Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health Resolution;
Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health; January 4,
2007
Making hay out of spinach;
Ronald L. Doering; Food In Canada; December 2006
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