Canadian inspectors halt operations at Alberta meat plant
Canadian food inspectors suspended operations at an Edmonton, Alberta, beef plant last week. Capital packers detected the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes on the sleeve of one of its employees and notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The CFIA suspended the company's license as a precautionary measure after finding it was unable to properly track the whereabouts of its products, reports Reuters.
"The company's ability to understand the distribution of their products is in question and is an element of concern for us, hence the license suspension," Paul Mayers, associate vice-president of programs at the CFIA, told reporters on a teleconference.