CFIA seeks to fine meat processing plants for food safety violations
The federal government is proposing to give itself the power to fine meat-processing plants that break hygiene and other operating rules meant to protect human health, reports CTV News. The government’s new authority would help it to protect consumers, it said.
"These proposed new fines demonstrate our commitment to ensuring that Canada's stringent food safety requirements are being followed," Lisa Murphy, a CFIA spokeswoman, wrote in an email from Ottawa. "AMPs (administrative monetary penalties) will help the CFIA better protect consumers from food producers that fail to comply with federal food safety requirements."