Sask company fined for illegally shipping and falsely labelling meat products

January 17, 2005
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Prosecution Bulletins
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/projud/2005/20050117e.shtml 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - On January 4, 2005, Tommy Tse, owner of Royal Star Food Service and Delivery Ltd., entered a guilty plea in Saskatoon Provincial Court to five counts of violating the Meat Inspection Act (Sections 2, 4 and 6, 6(a) and 8(a)) and was fined a total $9,000.

Between October 2002 and April 2003, as a result of a trade complaint, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspected a quantity of meat products that were shipped to various locations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. As a result of the investigation, the CFIA found that Tommy Tse had unlawfully applied labels that closely resembled approved federal meat inspection labels and illegally transported meat products that had not been prepared in a federally registered establishment. All product was held and destroyed along with their labels under the supervision of the CFIA.

Under the Meat Inspection Act and related regulations, the CFIA regulates the safety of inter-provincial trade in meat products and labelling requirements to provide protection to consumers. Proper labelling eliminates confusion about the identity of the company producing a product, allowing consumers to make informed purchasing decisions and to have confidence in the accuracy of ingredient information.