Ly Meat Inc. Fined for Contravening the Meat Inspection Act

Moncton, New Brunswick, September 2, 2011: On April 21, 2011, Ly Meat Inc. of Markham, Ontario pleaded guilty in Provincial Court in Truro and Halifax, Nova Scotia to two counts of contravening the Meat Inspection Act and was fined $1,500 and $1000.

In June 2010 and September 2010, Ly Meat Inc. was involved in the interprovincial movement of meat from Ontario to Nova Scotia which did not comply with subsection 8(b) of the Meat Inspection Act.

The Meat Inspection Act states:

8. No person shall send or convey a meat product from one province to another unless
(b) it complies with prescribed standards and is packaged and labelled in the manner prescribed.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for enforcing a variety of federal statutes, including the Meat Inspection Act and its regulations. This Act governs the import, export and interprovincial trade of meat products.

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