This post sort of links in to my post earlier today about food labelling – but certainly to the bigger issue that has been on the minds of many Canadians recently: where does my food come from?
The listeria outbreak that has claimed 19 lives so far in Canada, coupled with China’s tainted milk powder scandal [...]

Just read in the paper this morning that American shoppers will soon see more foods at the grocery store labelled with country of origin.
That’s good news for anyone who has ever wondered where things actually come from – and with each international food scare, like the latest tainted milk powder scandal from China, more people [...]

How serious is the government really about protecting consumers in wake of the listeria outbreak that has been plaguing Canada? Right now, I’m not convinced they really mean it.
They recently announced tough new measures that now require Canadian companies that produce ready to eat meats to disassemble and aggressively clean their meat slicers to check [...]

We’ve probably all heard or read the urban myth about Kentucky Fried Chicken – chickens raised in dark cages with bodies so large their legs can’t support them. Or even worse, the meat doesn’t actually come from birds but is somehow grown due to the magic of science.
The truth couldn’t be more different or less [...]

The following article was first published in Ontario Beef Farmer magazine, July 2008:
It sickens thousands of people every year, killing some and leaving others with permanent health damage. But it doesn’t affect the animals that harbour and shed the bacteria, making the disease invisible to farmers.

Now, a new, made-in-Canada cattle vaccine to reduce human risk [...]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced a recall of beef products on the weekend because it may contain e.coli 0157:H7. This is just the latest food scare related to this deadly strain of e.coli – the same strain that killed seven people and sickened hundreds more in the Ontario town of Walkerton in 2000 [...]

Irraditating food may be the only way of killing the bacteria in your food. Washing fresh fruits and vegetables – a tried and true method for generations – may not be enough to rid them of bacteria like e.coli that cause food poisoning, even if using chlorine disinfectants.
E. coli, salmonella and listeria can all [...]