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| December 20, 2004 |
Montreal, Quebec |
$3,600 fine for the sale of honey containing sugar from
cane/corn
Yvan Joyal, director of 9073-3189 Québec Inc, has been convicted on six
counts of breaching subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drug Act by selling
barrels of honey in a false or misleading manner regarding the character and
composition of the product. The honey in question exhibited an atypical sugar
profile, namely the presence of sugar originating from sugarcane/corn (C4 type).
On October 25, 2004, Mr Justice André Cartier of the Court of Quebec fined
Yvan Joyal and his company $3,600 at the Thetford Mines court house.
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For more information, please contact:
Nathalie Doré
Area Communications Officer, Quebec Area
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Telephone: (514) 283-3815, extension 436
Fax: (514) 496-4699 |
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