Month: January 2013
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Health Hazard Alert: Certain Shredded Lettuce Recalled
This is an update to my previous blog E.Coli Outbreak in Ontario, New Brunswick & Nova Scotia: Probable Source is Lettuce Distributed by FreshPoint Inc. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume certain shredded lettuce because this product may contain E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. The details of this recall are…
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TTC Alert: No Subway Service Between Union Station & St Andrew Station Jan.26-27, 2013
Ongoing, scheduled construction of a second platform is under way at the TTC’s Union Station (as part of the Union Station Revitalization Project) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hence, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway service will be affected as follows:
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Please Help Stop the Frankenfish Attack
This video presents “Frankenfish: Genetically engineered salmon”: “Genetically engineered seeds are not breaking news; however a biotech company called AquaBounty has been working on genetically engineered salmon The fish will be a combination of Atlantic salmon and part Ocean Pout Jeffrey M. Smith says that it is ridiculous to evaluate the safety of this food…
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Health Hazard Alert: Certain Dubon Brand Snails Recalled
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Les Aliments Tousain Inc. (Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) are warning the public not to consume certain Dubon brand snails because this product may contain extraneous material. The details of this recall are as follows:
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Changes: 16 Centres of Expertise Across Canada Will Be Created
This video presents “Suspect”: This is a Federal Government commercial introducing the relatively new website Healthy Canadians wherein you can get the latest recalls and safety alerts You may have noticed that there have been recent changes to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA’s) delivery and presentation of Public Advisories for food recalls on the…