Non-Compliant and Disposed Imported Food Products: 2011 - April to June
The CFIA has the authority to seize, detain and/or dispose of food products that do not meet Canadian requirements. All food products listed below have been found to be non-compliant with one or more of our regulations.
Atlantic
| Regulated Party's Name | Location | Authority | Product Description | Reason for seizure and detention | Date of final product disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Pier Inc. | Scoudouc, NB | FIA | Frozen pasturized crab meat | chemical hazard | 2011-05-24 |
Ontario
| Regulated Party's Name | Location | Authority | Product Description | Reason for seizure and detention | Date of final product disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscan International | Scarborough, ON | FDA | honey | other non-compliance | 2011-06-28 |
| Midland | Toronto, ON | MIR | chicken with head and feet | other non-compliance | 2011-06-28 |
| Border City Storage Limited | Windsor, ON | MIR | beef products | biological hazard | 2011-06-23 |
| S & A Grandma's Food Inc. | Toronto, ON | FIR | bowfin roe | other non-compliance | 2011-06-23 |
| Unico Inc. | Concord, ON | FDA | sliced ripe olives | biological hazard | 2011-06-21 |
| Choy Foong International Trading Co Ltd. | Scarborough, ON | FIR | frozen catfish; frozen cobler | chemical hazard | 2011-06-17 |
| Choy Foong International Trading Co Ltd. | Scarborough, ON | FIR | frozen baby crab | chemical hazard | 2011-06-17 |
| Henry H. Misner | Simcoe/Port Dover, ON | FDA | raw and breaded shrimp | chemical hazard | 2011-06-17 |
| Windsor Freezer Services | Windsor, ON | MIR | beef products | other non-compliance | 2011-06-13 |
| Abram's Retail (c/o Aylmer Sales Arena) | Aylmer, ON | MIR | canned vegetable and meat product | other non-compliance | 2011-06-13 |
| Agropol International (Unregistered Facility) | Mississauga, ON | MIR | pork pate | other non-compliance | 2011-06-13 |
| PSI Mid Atlantic Seafood | Markham, ON | FIR | frozen shark fillets | chemical hazard | 2011-06-13 |
| Oceanprime Inc. | Woodbridge, ON | FIR | frozen cooked shrimp | chemical hazard | 2011-06-11 |
| APO Products | Scarborough, ON | FIR | dried mackerel | chemical hazard | 2011-06-10 |
| Windsor Freezer Services | Windsor, ON | MIR | beef products | other non-compliance | 2011-06-09 |
| Border City Storage Limited | Windsor, ON | MIR | poultry products | other non-compliance | 2011-06-07 |
| 2228976 Ontario Inc. O/A Canadian Seafood Imports | Concord, ON | FIR | frozen raw prawns; frozen white prawns headless shell on | biological hazard | 2011-06-03 |
| Signature Fine Foods | Concord, ON | FDA | vanilla bean paste | biological hazard | 2011-05-31 |
| Flour Confections | Pickering, ON | FDA | vanilla bean paste | biological hazard | 2011-05-20 |
| Jamwell Distributors Inc. | Toronto, ON | CAPA | processed cheddar cheese | other non-compliance | 2011-05-19 |
| NADI Canada INC | Nepean, ON | FDA | honey | chemical hazard and other non-compliance | 2011-05-18 |
| Bartex Import Inc. | Mississauga, ON | CAPA | honey | other non-compliance | 2011/05/18 |
| Pusateri's Fine Foods | Toronto, ON | CAPA | honey | other non-compliance | 2011-05-06 |
| Kotoko Food Products | Toronto, ON | FIR | dried smoked herring | chemical hazard | 2011-05-02 |
| Mexican Variety | Leamington, ON | FDA | cookies; beverage mixes; soup mixes | chemical hazard | 2011-05-02 |
| Max Products | Leamington, ON | FDA | cookies/cakes | chemical hazard | 2011-04-29 |
| Quality Natural Foods | Toronto, ON | FDA | Indian sweets | chemical hazard | 2011-04-28 |
| Quality Natural Foods | Toronto, ON | FDA | custard (strawberry) and green mukhwas (mouth freshner) | chemical hazard | 2011-04-28 |
| El Charro | Leamington, ON | FDA | cookies and beverage mixes | chemical hazard | 2011-04-15 |
| TFI Foods Ltd | Scarborough, ON | FIR | frozen basa | chemical hazard | 2011-04-15 |
| Surati Sweet Mart Ltd. | Toronto, ON | FDA | vegetables (amba haldar) | physical hazard | 2011-04-14 |
| Almanic Canada Limited | Toronto, ON | FIR | frozen anchovy | chemical hazard | 2011-04-11 |
| Global Traders | Mississauga, ON | FDA | cookies | chemical hazard | 2011-04-11 |
| T&T Supermarket | Toronto, ON | FDA | black sesame | other non-compliance | 2011-04-11 |
| Elias International | Leamington, ON | FDA | various Mexican pastry products | chemical hazard | 2011-04-05 |
| Mexico Lindo Latin American Food Market | Windsor, ON | FDA | cookies | chemical hazard | 2011-04-04 |
| Border City Storage Limited | Windsor, ON | MIR | beef products | physical hazard | 2011-04-01 |
Quebec
| Regulated Party's Name | Location | Authority | Product Description | Reason for seizure and detention | Date of final product disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea-ray seafoods inc, | St-Laurent, QC | FIR | Frozen squid tubes | biological hazard | 2011-06-29 |
| Belle Africa | St-Jérôme, QC | FIR | Dried smoked fish | biological hazard | 2011-06-28 |
| National Herring importing co. | Anjou, QC | FIR | Frozen herring and frozen salted herring | chemical hazard | 2011-06-22 |
| Pêcheries océanic fisheries inc. | St-Hyacinthe, QC | FIR | Frozen Patagonian toothfish | other non-compliance | 2011-06-21 |
| Fisher King Seafoods Limited | Montréal, QC | FIR | Frozen Chinese scallops | biological hazard | 2011-06-17 |
| Fisher King Seafoods Limited | Montréal, QC | FIR | Frozen Japanese scallops | other non-compliance | 2011-06-17 |
| Fisher King Seafoods Limited | Montréal, QC | FIR | Frozen scallops | other non-compliance | 2011-06-17 |
| Congebec | St-Julie, QC | MIR | canton chicken noodle soup | other non-compliance | 2011-06-10 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen boneless beef (tip of boneless beef shoulder) | other non-compliance | 2011-06-10 |
| Congebec | St-Julie, QC | MIR | Italian sausage | biological hazard | 2011-06-06 |
| Congebec | Montréal, QC | MIR | Breast Meat chicken | biological hazard | 2011-06-01 |
| Congebec | St-Julie, QC | MIR | Frozen duck leg | biological hazard | 2011-05-11 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen mutton leg with bone in (individually packaged primal cuts) | other non-compliance | 2011-05-11 |
| Congebec | Montréal, QC | MIR | Smoked Turkey | other non-compliance | 2011-05-11 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen unstamped boneless beef (Sirloin tip steer) | physical hazard | 2011-05-06 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen chicken breast boneless | other non-compliance | 2011-05-06 |
| Congebec | Montréal, QC | MIR | boneless beef, frozen and not stamped (sirloin tip steer) | physical hazard | 2011-05-06 |
| Marché Victoria | Montréal, QC | FDA | Milk powder | chemical hazard | 2011-04-29 |
| Marché Duc Thanh | Montréal, QC | FDA | Malted beverages, milk powder | chemical hazard | 2011-04-27 |
| Marché Duc Thanh | Montréal, QC | FDA | Cheeses | chemical hazard | 2011-04-27 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen boneless beef unstamped (eye of round, individually packaged primal cuts) | biological hazard | 2011-04-20 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen boneless veal trimmings | biological hazard | 2011-04-20 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen boneless beef unstamped (eye of round, individually packaged primal cuts) | other non-compliance | 2011-04-20 |
| T Lauzon Ltee | Montréal, QC | MIR | Ground beef | other non-compliance | 2011-04-18 |
| 4158199 Canada inc. TAS Refrigerated | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | brick oven pizza | other non-compliance | 2011-04-13 |
| 4158199 Canada inc. TAS Refrigerated | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | chilled bonless pork tenderloin | biological hazard | 2011-04-13 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen pork loinribs, back spareribs | other non-compliance | 2011-04-05 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen duck leg | other non-compliance | 2011-04-05 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen duck thigh, duck leg | other non-compliance | 2011-04-05 |
| Entrepôt Frigorifique Internationnal ltée. | Saint-Laurent, QC | MIR | Frozen boneless beef ungraded | physical hazard | 2011-04-01 |
| Congebec | St-Julie, QC | MIR | Frozen duck leg | other non-compliance | 2011-04-01 |
West
| Regulated Party's Name | Location | Authority | Product Description | Reason for seizure and detention | Date of final product disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versa Cold | Calgary, AB | MIR | Bison livers and hearts | other non-compliance | 2011-06-29 |
| T&T Supermarket | Richmond, BC | FDA | Beef flavored & mushroom instant noodles, Kimchi flavored noodles | chemical hazard | 2011-06-22 |
| Western Grocers | Edmonton, AB | FDA | Sliced ripe olives | other non-compliance | 2011-06-21 |
| Gagan Foods Int. Ltd. | Delta, BC | FDA | Candy | chemical hazard | 2011-06-07 |
| Redl Sports Distributors | Burnaby, BC | FDA | Fish breading mixes | other non-compliance | 2011-06-06 |
| Sabzi Mandi Ltd. | Vancouver, BC | CAPA, DPR | Milk-Shake | other non-compliance | 2011-05-12 |
| Yorkshire Rose Imports | Calgary, AB | FIA | Fish paste | other non-compliance | 2011-04-15 |
| Pak National Foods | Richmond, BC | FDA | Sweet supari, silver supari, Shahi deluxe Mouth Freshener, Saunf Supari | chemical hazard | 2011-04-04 |
Reasons for disposal
Food products can be seized, detained or disposed of or returned to the importer (removed from Canada) , such as:
- biological hazard (for example, such as E. coli, Listeria)
- chemical hazard (for example marine biotoxin, drug residue, allergen, non-permitted fortification / ingredient / additive, heavy metal)
- physical hazard (foreign objects in food such as metal shavings or a needle)
- other non-compliances with legislations, for example, inaccurate or misleading labelling, compromised container integrity, short net weight, lack of proper documentation
All listed food products have been removed from the food supply in a safe manner, thereby preventing their entry into the Canadian marketplace.
The CFIA has the authority to seize, detain, or dispose of or order the products to be returned to the importer through the Canada Agricultural Products Act (CAPA), Food and Drugs Act (FDA), Meat Inspection Act (MIA) and Fish Inspection Act (FIA).
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