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Natural listeriosis killer found in mango pits
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 months ago
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A University of Alberta food researcher has found a compound in mango pits that kills the listeriosis bacteria while also acting as a food preservative. PhD student Christina Engels has been studying mangoes since March 2008 and recently published her...
Tags: listeriosis outbreak, Canada
Listeria concerns prompt Maple Leaf wiener recall
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility The wieners had been sold in stores nationally. A listeriosis outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto last year was linked to the deaths of 22 Canadians and prompted an investigation into food inspection practices around the country. The release...
Tags: listeriosis outbreak, Canada, Listeria, canadians food, Canadian Food Inspection Agencyâ, leaf recalls, Toronto, food safety, deadly listeriosis, food plant
Listeria probe seeks food safety overhaul
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility A sweeping investigation into the deadly outbreak of bacteria linked to deli meats has found the food safety system must be overhauled before Canadians can again have confidence in what they eat. "What we found is that last summer our food safety system...
Tags: listeriosis outbreak, food safety, Canada, report released, deadly listeriosis, Sheila Weatherill, maple leaf, Gerry Ritz, Toronto Star
Ending listeria testing 'huge mistake': Minister
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility Ritz said the task ahead â to build a stronger food system in this country â is "formidable."...This was additional information quite clearly . . . stated on the inspection records as additional information," Carole Swan, president of the agency,...
Tags: Gerry Ritz, listeriosis outbreak, agriculture minister, minister gerry
Meat inquiry missing a key player
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility The head of an investigation into a deadly nationwide outbreak of listeriosis linked to ready-to-eat meats said she has not questioned the federal agriculture minister at the centre of the crisis. "I met him as part of my orientation when I was first...
Tags: listeriosis outbreak, Ontario, agriculture minister, Sheila Weatherill
Food-borne illness report criticizes Ontario
Toronto :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility Emily Mathieu Staff Reporter A lack of communication, co-ordination and access to local testing facilities during the listeria outbreak delayed the spread of clear and timely information to the public, according to a report by Ontario's top medical officer.
Tags: Canadian Press Ontario, medical officer, Toronto Public Health, chief medical, Health Canada, born illness, disease outbreak, Dr. David Williams, listeriosis outbreak, born disease
Web searches may have foreshadowed listeriosis crisis
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility Search engine queries of the term "listeriosis" demonstrated a possible signal of the deadly outbreak that killed 20 Canadians a month before the official announcement was made in Canada, a new analysis shows. The public was officially informed by federal...
Tags: Health Canada, maple leaf, food safety, online searches, listeriosis outbreak, Toronto, safety protocols
Toronto Sun: Listeria payout aids charities
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility A $25-million settlement agreed to by Maple Leaf Foods in connection with last year's listeriosis outbreak moved closer to official certification yesterday with news that the court action will also likely include millions in donations to non-profit organizations...
Tags: listeria testing, testing rules, unveils tougher, eat meat, listeriosis outbreak
Canadian food firm rebuts listeria claim
Toronto :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility Maple Leaf Foods said Wednesday the meat processor never discussed listeria-related food safety problems with Canadian officials prior to the 2008 outbreak...Maple Leaf was responding to published reports that hand-written notes from that meeting indicated...
Tags: Maple Leaf Foods, listeriosis outbreak, Listeria, food safety, Radio-Canada
Corporate report
Toronto :: Canada | 10 months ago
Credibility But Humana predicted a big turnaround in the next year, forecasting earnings per share in the range of $5.90 to $6.10 for 2009, compared with $3.83 for the year just ended. It earned nearly $174.1 million, or $1.03 per share, compared with earnings of...
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