date:Jun 07, 2013
Canada plans to spend C$16 million ($15.5 million) over the next three years to establish inspection teams that will conduct random spot checks of food plants across the country.
The announcement followed the release of a report from an independent panel established to review the beef recall that occurred at the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alberta. The beef recall was the largest in Canadian history. Beef contaminated with E. coli sickened 18 people and prompted the recall of more than 1,800 pro