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| June 1, 2006 |
Guelph, Ontario |
Ontario Company Fined $5,000 for an Offence Under the Meat Inspection Act
On April 12, 2006, Tender Choice Foods Inc. of Burlington, Ontario pleaded
guilty in Provincial Court to one count of violating paragraph 10.(2)(b) of the
Meat Inspection Act. The company’s guilty plea resulted in a fine of $5,000.
The Meat Inspection Act regulates the import and export and
interprovincial trade in meat products, the registration and standards of
establishments and the inspection and the standards of animals and meat products
prepared in those establishments. Section 10 of the Meat Inspection Act
pertains to requirements in packaging, labelling, selling and advertising meat
products.
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