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Blame Laid For Massive Beef Recall

2013-06-05T15:32:51Z

OTTAWA - Nearly a year after tainted Alberta beef sickened 18 people, briefly blocked exports to the U.S. and cast doubts on the safety of Canada's fo...

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Cracking Down On E. Coli

2013-05-17T12:05:29Z

SASKATOON - Canada's food watchdog is planning to impose tougher rules to deal with the threat of E. coli in slaughterhouses.Agriculture Minister Gerr...

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Victims Want Their Cut Of Meat Packer

2013-02-15T15:53:15Z

There are now 75 people from across the country who have joined a $17-million class-action lawsuit against the company that was behind Canada’s larg...

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XL Foods Review Panelist Will Make How Much Per Day?

2013-02-11T13:26:26Z

OTTAWA - It will cost taxpayers up to $3,500 a day, plus expenses, for a panel to review the E. coli outbreak at an Alberta meat plant last fall.The f...

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Ottawa Launches XL Foods E. Coli Beef Review

2013-02-08T19:10:14Z

OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a review of the E. coli outbreak last fall that sickened 18 people and led to the largest beef recall in ...

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Memo Reveals America's Worries About Canadian Meat

2013-01-14T17:15:57Z

An internal Foreign Affairs memo expressed concern that U.S. "confidence in the Canadian food safety system" could be undermined in the wake of last f...

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XL Foods Had Received Millions From Government

2013-01-10T15:46:59Z

EDMONTON - The owner of the Alberta beef plant being sold to a subsidiary of a Brazilian company received $15 million from the federal and Alberta gov...

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XL Foods Ordered To Fix Problems 6 Times Before Outbreak

2013-01-08T11:31:08Z

An Alberta meat-processing plant at the centre of Canada's largest beef recall was ordered to address serious problems six times in the months leading...

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Food Safety Problems Brewed At XL Foods For Months Before Outbreak

2013-01-08T11:10:12Z

An Alberta meat-processing plant at the centre of Canada's largest beef recall was ordered to address serious problems six times in the months leading...

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Foreign Subsidiary Can Buy Troubled XL Beef Plant

2012-12-28T10:22:57Z

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has cleared the way for a subsidiary of a Brazilian-based agri-food giant to buy a meat packing plant that was at th...

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Canada's Food Safety Rules Not Much Use If Not Followed: Experts

2012-12-26T08:00:08Z

Veteran cattleman George Graham has a common-sense solution for how to prevent a repeat of an E. coli outbreak and extensive product recall in the fal...

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XL Foods, The Huffington Post Alberta's Newsmaker Of The Year

2012-12-11T16:55:51Z

Problems at the southern Alberta beef plant had obviously been brewing for a while.

By the time the lid blew off what was going on inside XL Foods...

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Where's The Beef? Canadians Reduce Consumption After Food Scare

2012-12-12T10:20:01Z

Two out of every five Canadians say they have reduced their consumption of beef in the wake of a massive recall linked to an Alberta packer, according...

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Shipment To U.S. Can Resume For Troubled Beef Plant

2012-12-08T13:11:51Z

OTTAWA - An Alberta meat plant involved in a massive recall of tainted beef over E. Coli concerns is once again being allowed to ship products to the ...

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U.S. Management Gives Beleaguered Brooks Beef Plant New President

2012-12-05T12:46:27Z

BROOKS, Alta. - A company that took over a southern Alberta beef plant during a tainted beef crisis has appointed a president for its Canadian operati...

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Conservatives Dismiss Shocking Meat Plant Memo

2012-11-29T14:47:43Z

Gerry Ritz and the Conservatives are dismissing a leaked memo directing meat inspectors at the XL Foods plant in Brooks to ignore contamination on bee...

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Canadian Scientists Look For Quicker E. Coli, Listeria Tests

2012-11-29T05:27:45Z

Canadian scientists are being asked to find faster ways to test for two dangerous bacteria that can be found in our food — E. coli and listeria.
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Meat Processing Plant Shut Down Over Listeria Fears

2012-11-23T01:04:28Z

EDMONTON - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the licence of an Edmonton meat-processing plant over concerns for food safety.The decisi...

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XL Foods Beef Is Doing Just Fine

2012-11-20T14:34:58Z

OTTAWA - The fallout from a massive tainted-beef recall was still being felt Tuesday as the Harper government passed legislation aimed at making the f...

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XL Foods Beef Starts To Enter Marketplace

2012-11-15T19:25:45Z

The plant at the centre of an extensive beef recall has resumed shipping products for the first time since an E. coli outbreak forced its closure in S...

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More E. Coli Linked To XL Foods Plant

2012-11-14T12:44:29Z

EDMONTON - A new case of E. coli has been linked to the XL Foods beef plant at the centre of an extensive product recall.The Public Health Agency of C...

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CFIA Orders XL Foods Plant To Fix Problems

2012-11-04T16:33:33Z

BROOKS, Alta. - Trouble continues for an Alberta meat plant as it tries to resume normal processing under the watchful eye of federal food safety insp...

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New E. Coli Case Related To Beef Recall

2012-11-02T17:46:35Z

EDMONTON - A new case of E. coli has been linked to the XL Foods Inc. plant in Alberta at the centre of a massive beef recall.The Public Health Agency...

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U.S. Ranchers Don't Like Potential Sale Of Alberta Beef Plant

2012-10-30T13:20:14Z

EDMONTON - Some American cattle producers want the U.S. government to block the possible sale of a troubled Alberta company's beef operations.The Ranc...

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Sayara Thurston: Celebrating World Animal Month by Learning Lessons from XL Beef Recall

2012-10-29T17:16:00Z

Since 2004, the XL plant has gone from slaughtering 2,400 cows per day to 4,000. It should be no surprise that many workers have been decrying the massive increase in production line speed. Not only does speeding up production lines have terrible consequences for animal welfare, such as failing to properly stun animals before slaughter, it may also have serious consequences for food safety in this country.

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