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Toronto Company Fined for Violation of Food and Drugs ActSun Valley Fruit Market & Groceries (Danforth) Ltd., carrying on business as Sun Valley Fine Foods, pleaded guilty in provincial court on November 5, 2004 to three counts of violating subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act. This company was fined a total of $6,000. In May 2002, Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspectors sampled ground meat products sold at Sun Valley Fine Foods at 583 Danforth Avenue in Toronto. After testing, a product labelled as ground beef was found to also contain beef, pork and lamb. A product labelled as ground lamb also contained beef, pork and poultry, and a product labelled as ground pork also contained beef, poultry and lamb. Subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act prohibits the sale of any food in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its composition. - 30 - For more information, media may contact:
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