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| July 18, 2005 |
Calgary, Alberta |
Lester’s Deli Fined for Illegally Transporting Meat
Products
On June 3, 2005, Lester’s Deli was fined $2,000 in provincial court
for illegally shipping meat products from their establishment in Montreal
destined to a supermarket in Surrey, B.C.
On two separate occasions in 2002, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
inspectors discovered pallets of meat product from a provincial establishment
in Montreal that was destined for shipment to B.C. The boxes of smoked turkey breast, corned
beef, beef brisket, salami and pickled beef tongue were prepared by
Lester’s processing establishment, which is not a federally approved
facility.
According to the Meat Inspection Act, meat products
can only be distributed interprovincially if they originate from a federally
registered establishment.
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For more information, please contact: :
Richard Davies
Area Manager
Enforcement and Investigation Services
(403) 292-5971 |
Ruth Anne Partridge
Communications Officer
Communication and Media Relations
(403) 292-6733 |
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