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| October 3, 2003 |
New Westminster, B.C.
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Millstream Flour Mills (1991) Corporation Pleads Guilty to
Violating the Food and Drugs Act
On September 16, 2003, Millstream Flour Mills (1991) Corporation entered a
guilty plea in Victoria Provincial Court to one count of violating the Food
and Drugs Act. The company was fined $8,500 and ordered to pay a victim
surcharge of 15 per cent for unlawfully labelling, packaging, and selling
“Millstream Granola with Raisins” in a manner that was false,
misleading or deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression regarding
its character, composition, or safety.
The offence was investigated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
following a complaint that a woman had consumed “Millstream Granola with
Raisins” and had suffered a severe allergic reaction. The inspection and
subsequent investigation revealed that the labelling on the granola package
failed to declare the presence of sunflower seeds to which the complainant had
an allergy.
Section 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act reads:
No person shall label, package, treat, process, sell or advertise any food
in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an
erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition,
merit or safety.
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For more information contact:
John Bouchard
Enforcement and Investigation Services
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
New Westminster, B.C.
Phone: (604) 666-1686 |
Sam Rainboth
Communications Officer
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
New Westminster, B.C.
Phone: (604) 666-1357 |
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