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The following Public Safety Alert was issued by Toronto Police Service on March 6, 2009.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is also warning the public not to consume skinless chicken breasts described below because they may be harmful.

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Public Safety Alert,  Stolen re-packaged chicken breasts, 23 Division

Broadcast time: 08:12
Friday, March 6, 2009

23 Division
416-808-2300

The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of a quantity of stolen, repackaged and distributed boneless, skinless chicken breasts.

On Wednesday, March 4, 2009, a tractor-trailer containing a large quantity of pre-packaged chicken was stolen in the Paris, Ontario area.

On Thursday, March 5, 2009, an investigation led to the discovery of the stolen cargo in an industrial building in the Kipling Avenue/Rexdale Boulevard area.

It is reported that:

• a quantity of boneless, skinless chicken breasts had been opened, re-packaged and then sold to unknown customers,
• this facility was not designed or maintained for this type of business,
• it is unknown if the chicken was properly refrigerated, stored and packaged according to industry standards.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency was notified, and it is advised that the chicken could be harmful if ingested.

For information on food tampering, please click here.

Anyone who may have purchased the chicken with the affixed label is asked not to consume it, but to discard the product and contact police at 416-808-2373, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
ID: 16010 1 / 4

Constable Wendy Drummond, Public Information, for Detective Constable Chris Parney, 23 Division

Toronto Police Service News release is available at http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/pdfs/16010.pdf

For more information, consumers and industry can call CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).

For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca.