Canada: CFIA Suspends Operations at Establishment 231, Capital Packers Inc.

HEALTH HAZARD ALERT - Certain CAPITAL brand and COMPLIMENTS brand HAM SAUSAGES may contain Listeria monocytogenes

Update 28 November 2012: Beef inspectors told to turn blind eye to contaminated carcasses


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November 22, 2012

Ottawa: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the licence to operate of Establishment 231, Capital Packers Inc., in Edmonton, Alberta effective November 22, 2012.

The CFIA has determined that adequate controls for food safety are not being reliably implemented in the facility on a consistent basis. The company has failed to correct deficiencies previously identified through CFIA inspections.

All products currently at this plant are under CFIA detention and control...

Source: CFIA Suspends Operations at Establishment 231, Capital Packers Inc.
Author: CFIA

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