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Brooks Beef Plant Gets Green Light to Reopen Under More Scrutiny From CFIA

By Dan Flynn on October 23, 2012

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 the plant to ramp up…
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16 E. Coli Cases Linked to XL Foods Beef

By News Desk on October 20, 2012

Canadian public health officials announced this week that 16 E. coli cases from 4 provinces have been traced to the consumption of beef produced by XL Foods.  A Quebec resident who became ill with An…
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JBS Takes Over Suspended Brooks Plant; CFIA Prepares Recommendations

By Dan Flynn on October 19, 2012

The biggest beef recall in Canada’s history was eclipsed within a few hours this week by a new management agreement shifting control and potentially the ownership of the troubled Brooks, Alberta plant to the world’s…
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More Illnesses in Canada Linked to Recalled Beef

By News Desk on October 12, 2012

The number of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to beef from XL Foods in Canada has risen from 12 to 15, according to a notice issued by Canadian health officials Friday. The 15 cases have…
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XL Foods Partially Reopens; Union Claims Food Safety Culture “Broken”

By Helena Bottemiller on October 12, 2012

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 massive beef recall and being…
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More Illnesses Tied to XL Foods Beef; Recall Expands to Hong Kong

By Helena Bottemiller on October 9, 2012

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 O157:H7 cases have now…
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2.5 Million Pounds of Recalled Canadian Beef Entered U.S.

By Helena Bottemiller on October 8, 2012

Approximately 2.5 million pounds of beef now-recalled over E. coli O157:H7 concerns was imported into the U.S. from XL Foods, Inc. in Canada, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
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XL Foods Recall Highlights a Serious Problem: Tenderized Steaks Lack Labels

By Patricia Buck on October 5, 2012

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, Inc. – a Canadian firm…
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Canadian Health Authorities Defend Response to E. coli Outbreak and Recall

By Dan Flynn on October 3, 2012

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, along with Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) President George Da Pont, went personally to the closed and suspended XL Foods Inc. beef processing plant in Brooks, Alberta yesterday.

Before it…
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Pressure Builds in Alberta to Reopen Canada’s XL Foods

By Dan Flynn on October 2, 2012

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. As of Monday, it looked like the…
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