Fines have increased for organizations sentenced for food safety and hygiene offenses following the introduction of new guidelines in England and Wales.
An impact assessment of guidelines by the Sentencing Council also showed there was
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Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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Ahead of its plans at week’s end to adjourn sine de di, the Rhode Island General Assembly will vote, as early as today, on Senate Bill No. 247, which would establish rules and regulations for
Continue Reading Rhode Island lawmakers plan vote on raw milk before last gavel
Owners of Blue Bell Creameries LP have agreed to pay a fine in Texas in relation to a deadly Listeria outbreak, but possibly more significant is that health officials will have the company on a
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has amended its regulations so that it can fine meat processors for violations of food safety programs such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and non-food safety issues
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Denver’s restaurateurs hurting from the Great Recession agreed to a deal in which the Department of Environmental Health stopped posting reports of critical violations for customers to see, in exchange for accepting higher fines for
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Canada’s steady stream of court convictions against companies for violations of its basic food safety laws, such as the Meat Inspection Act, continued during September with two more firms facing fines.
Markham, Ontario-based Ly Meat
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Violations of Canada’s fish, meat, and health of animals regulations brought in $74,000 in court-imposed fines during August.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which is responsible for enforcement of the Fish Inspection Act, the
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Judges in British Columbia and Manitoba closed a couple of cases involving the Canada’s Food and Drug Act by imposing fines.
In Manitoba Provincial Court, the Honorable Judge Heinrichs fined Good Hope Colony Farmers Ltd.
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Two companies and one veterinarian are paying fines totaling $125,000 for violations of agricultural laws enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
The penalties are the first court-imposed sanctions of the year for failure
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According to the Department of Licenses and Inspections in Philadelphia, a woman known as “the cupcake lady” had her converted mail truck seized last week after not having a proper permit to be running her
