The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Tuesday lifted the Sept. 27 license suspension that closed the XL Foods beef processing plant at Brooks, Alberta. The re-licensing is effective immediately, allowing
Despite new warnings by the XL Foods workers’ union that the company’s food safety culture is “broken,” the processor – which has been closed for several days after sparking a
Illnesses linked to a massive recall of Canadian beef have more than doubled this week as the recall continues to expand, most recently to include Hong Kong. Eleven E. coli
Sometimes events come together that highlight a serious problem. That certainly is the case with the recent Canadian Beef recall by XL Foods.
Over the past two weeks, XL Foods,
Canada’s largest in history beef recall and the closure of the nation’s largest meat processing plant is putting unusual pressure on regulators to return the facility to service.
The largest beef recall in Canadian history grew even larger Monday with the government’s announcement that more products are being taken off the market for potential E. coli contamination.
Pets and their human handlers could be at risk from a recalled called American Beef Bully Sticks produced under the Boots & Barkley name by Denver-based Kasel Associated Industries. The
Update: On September 18, after this article was published, Canadian Food Inspection Agency released an expanded list of retailers to which the recalled ground beef from XL Foods was sold.
An act that would require meat, chicken and fish to be sold with a label indicating their country of origin has made its way to district court after being struck
New Mexico’s Valley Meat Co. is appealing a state fine of $86,400 for improper disposal of composted cattle remains. Valley Meat gained notoriety earlier this year when it
As the slaughterhouse accused of egregious humane handling violations remains unable to process meat after the U.S. Department of Agriculture withdrew inspectors from the plant over the weekend, three
A Utah company is recalling about 38,200 pounds of beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing of