Canada meat plant operations halted on food safety concerns
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian food inspectors on Friday said they have suspended operations at a meat-processing plant in Edmonton, Alberta, for failing to properly track its deliveries after detecting the Listeria bacteria on an employee. The incident comes just a month after a major health scare in Canada over tainted beef at another meat plant in the province. Capital Packers Inc detected the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes — which can cause fever, nausea and even meningitis in infected people — on a worker’s sleeve and on Monday notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). . . .
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