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No honey for kids under 1; preventing botulism in infants
Logan Douglas was temporarily blinded and paralyzed as the botulism he contracted at 16-weeks-old ravaged his body. Six months after his parents, Theresa Fitzpatrick and Alex Douglas, were faced with...
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Sex cereal to boost breakfast
Who needs testosterone to keep that male libido up after 50? Canada comes to the rescue again with sex-cereal. Once confined to raw oysters, the world of aphrodisiacs has now expanded to sex cereal,...
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Canadian food inspectors to report through Health, not Agriculture
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, largely created and run for the first five years by my eventual friend, Ron Doering, is now going to report to Parliament via Health Canada. My guess is that...
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Public Health Agency of Canada appoints new Scientific Director General of...
The Public Health Agency of Canada today announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew Gilmour as the new Scientific Director General National Public Health Laboratories, responsible for the National...
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Going public: Is this why companies incorporate in Conn? Food safety info,...
Rob Cribb of the Toronto Star points out failings in transparency at Health Canada, and repeats a phrase I’ve often used, that there is no way the U.S would tolerate the amount of public service...
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After decades of consultation, Health Canada to propose allowing irradiated...
CTV News reports Health Canada will propose regulatory changes to Food and Drug Regulations next month that would allow the sale of irradiated ground beef in Canada. A webpage on the department’s...
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Herbal tea in Canada recalled; may pose serious health risks
“Phytovie Acore Vrai Calamus” herbal tea, an unauthorized natural health product, is being recalled after Health Canada testing found it to contain excessive levels of beta-asarone. Beta-asarone can be...
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Maybe there’s an outbreak: Health Canada details risks of eating raw sprouts
Health Canada has a habit of issuing food safety reminders about the same time an outbreak comes to public attention. The latest example was a completely useless reminder to wash produce after an E....
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22 confirmed sick from Salmonella in Mexican mangoes in Canada
Canadian government types remain hopeless about talking about food safety basics. For all its talk of a single food inspection system, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency can do no better than say,...
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57 sick: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to eggs in Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella...
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