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| April 29, 2004 |
Vancouver, B.C.
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Company Selling Beef From Out of Province Gets Fined
On April 16, 2004, South Seas Meats Ltd. of
Vancouver, B.C. entered a guilty
plea in Vancouver Provincial Court to one count of violating the Meat
Inspection Act. The company was fined $1,500.
On Jan. 31, 2003, as a result of a trade
complaint, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency visited a retail premise in
Edmonton. Upon inspection, the CFIA found and detained a quantity
of beef product from B.C. that had
not been processed in a federally-registered establishment. Under the Meat
Inspection Act, the interprovincial transportation of meat products
prepared in non-federally registered establishments is illegal. Invoices
obtained indicated that the sender was South Seas Meats Ltd., located in Vancouver, B.C.
The CFIA takes
food safety seriously and inspection helps to continue Canada’s excellent
reputation domestically and internationally as having a safe and high quality
food supply.
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For more information, contact:
Ken Lowe
Enforcement and Investigation Services
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ph: (604) 666-3436 |
Jeff Meerman
Communications Officer
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ph. (403) 292-6733 |
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