Comments on: Another recall…can’t Maple Leaf get it right???? http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227 Our Journey to Food Safety Leadership Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:12:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: best baby jumperoo http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-9555 best baby jumperoo Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:45:29 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-9555 You could have really a attention personal posting style and offer extremely info. The articles are fine to go through and you don´t use excellent ads like all the other bloggers. You could have really a attention personal posting style and offer extremely info. The articles are fine to go through and you don´t use excellent ads like all the other bloggers.

]]> By: Randy http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-5819 Randy Mon, 10 May 2010 18:47:49 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-5819 Kevin Anyone with a compromised immune system, regardless of age, must take extra precautions on food selection, handling and preparation to reduce the risk of contracting a foodborne illness. According to Health Canada there are steps you can take to minimize your risk such as proper cooking temperatures and safe food handling practices. In regards to the consumption of deli meats, whether produced by Maple Leaf or any other federally inspected meat processing facility, the recommendation is to heat these products throughout to steaming hot. (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/listeria-eng.php) Kevin
Anyone with a compromised immune system, regardless of age, must take extra precautions on food selection, handling and preparation to reduce the risk of contracting a foodborne illness. According to Health Canada there are steps you can take to minimize your risk such as proper cooking temperatures and safe food handling practices. In regards to the consumption of deli meats, whether produced by Maple Leaf or any other federally inspected meat processing facility, the recommendation is to heat these products throughout to steaming hot. (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/listeria-eng.php)

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-5793 Kevin Sun, 09 May 2010 19:14:28 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-5793 Hi Randy, I am a young transplant patient and my immune system is weakened by the medications that I am taking, I am worried about the foods that I eat for fear that it might end up making me seriously ill, how confident should I be with eating products from Maple Leafs? from recent news articles about recalls happening at Maple Leafs I dont feel comfortable buying any products from Maple Leafs when I am at the grocery store. Hi Randy, I am a young transplant patient and my immune system is weakened by the medications that I am taking, I am worried about the foods that I eat for fear that it might end up making me seriously ill, how confident should I be with eating products from Maple Leafs? from recent news articles about recalls happening at Maple Leafs I dont feel comfortable buying any products from Maple Leafs when I am at the grocery store.

]]> By: Editor http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-3729 Editor Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:09:09 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-3729 Hi Jamie- You will find some helpful information on the recall of 2008 on this blog as well as on our website. For background information on the recall: http://www.mapleleaf.com/en/market/food-safety/maple-leaf-action-plan/product-recall-information/ Our You Tube channel has all of the videos we produced in relation to the recall: http://www.youtube.com/user/MapleLeafFoods For information on the financial impact of the 2008 recall please see our 2008 annual report http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzMwNjAwfENoaWxkSUQ9MzEyNDI1fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 Hi Jamie-

You will find some helpful information on the recall of 2008 on this blog as well as on our website. For background information on the recall:
http://www.mapleleaf.com/en/market/food-safety/maple-leaf-action-plan/product-recall-information/

Our You Tube channel has all of the videos we produced in relation to the recall: http://www.youtube.com/user/MapleLeafFoods

For information on the financial impact of the 2008 recall please see our 2008 annual report http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzMwNjAwfENoaWxkSUQ9MzEyNDI1fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1

]]> By: Jamie http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-3712 Jamie Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:26:51 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-3712 I am a business student and was given the assignment to write a report on a company who has undergone a crisis in the past 2 years, and to decide (hypathetically)if the company has handled the crisis well. I have chosen to write about your company, simply becuase I do feel you handled it very well. ML was very open and even recalled products voluntarily (or so ive read). I would like to produce a very persuasive paper as to why I believe your company has succeeded in "bouncing back". I was very impressed to find a blog where people are able to ask questions (and actually get a response) I was hoping to get from you more information on what your company has done to ensure food safety to the best of your abilities, what, if any, impact this has had on sales, etc. Any information you can provide would be deeply appreciated. Thank you in advance. I am a business student and was given the assignment to write a report on a company who has undergone a crisis in the past 2 years, and to decide (hypathetically)if the company has handled the crisis well. I have chosen to write about your company, simply becuase I do feel you handled it very well. ML was very open and even recalled products voluntarily (or so ive read). I would like to produce a very persuasive paper as to why I believe your company has succeeded in “bouncing back”. I was very impressed to find a blog where people are able to ask questions (and actually get a response) I was hoping to get from you more information on what your company has done to ensure food safety to the best of your abilities, what, if any, impact this has had on sales, etc. Any information you can provide would be deeply appreciated. Thank you in advance.

]]> By: Will again http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-586 Will again Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:57:59 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-586 I have to agree. I do not see how the CFIA can dictate who can buy one of these machines (or prevent the use of other methods). It should be seen as an in-house processing test just like sanitation or % fat or environmentals or whatever. Any questionable results would be sent on to accredited facilities. Yes, yes there is a need for standardisation and validation and accreditation but why stand in the way of private initiative? What a country. I have to agree. I do not see how the CFIA can dictate who can buy one of these machines (or prevent the use of other methods). It should be seen as an in-house processing test just like sanitation or % fat or environmentals or whatever. Any questionable results would be sent on to accredited facilities. Yes, yes there is a need for standardisation and validation and accreditation but why stand in the way of private initiative? What a country.

]]> By: Editor http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-585 Editor Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:16:11 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-585 Thanks for your questions. We already use the fastest test methods currently approved by the CFIA , which is the more traditional DuPont BAX method. But this method still takes on average 4 - 7 days for results because of the method change requirements that have been imposed by CFIA and health Canada coupled with the requirement to overnight ship products to accredited laboratories when an accredited lab is not available at the manufacturing plant. Our hope is that CFIA will encourage the use of more rapid-test technology as a means of complying with the operator testing component of the listeria policy. While Maple Leaf operates two accredited laboratories, we believe that these tests could be effectively carried out in non-accredited labs, just as is done in other jurisdictions around the world, and can be verified on a routine basis against the CFIA’s accredited methods . We ideally want to see CFIA and Health Canada approve more rapid test method s which are available in other jurisdictions, including the U.S. and Europe, and will continue to advocate that th ese testing method s be recognized for use in routine testing in Canada. Randy Thanks for your questions. We already use the fastest test methods currently approved by the CFIA , which is the more traditional DuPont BAX method. But this method still takes on average 4 – 7 days for results because of the method change requirements that have been imposed by CFIA and health Canada coupled with the requirement to overnight ship products to accredited laboratories when an accredited lab is not available at the manufacturing plant. Our hope is that CFIA will encourage the use of more rapid-test technology as a means of complying with the operator testing component of the listeria policy. While Maple Leaf operates two accredited laboratories, we believe that these tests could be effectively carried out in non-accredited labs, just as is done in other jurisdictions around the world, and can be verified on a routine basis against the CFIA’s accredited methods . We ideally want to see CFIA and Health Canada approve more rapid test method s which are available in other jurisdictions, including the U.S. and Europe, and will continue to advocate that th ese testing method s be recognized for use in routine testing in Canada.

Randy

]]> By: Chris Hooymans http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-574 Chris Hooymans Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:53:10 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-574 Anyone who feeds Maple Leaf foods to their kids should be charged with child abuse. There are so many residual antibiotics, pesticides, hormones, chemical additives, flavour enhancers and preservatives in or added to the products, that it is simply has to be a cancer- causing. I have stopped eating these products and have never felt better about my health. Anyone who feeds Maple Leaf foods to their kids should be charged with child abuse. There are so many residual antibiotics, pesticides, hormones, chemical additives, flavour enhancers and preservatives in or added to the products, that it is simply has to be a cancer- causing. I have stopped eating these products and have never felt better about my health.

]]> By: Will http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-538 Will Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:53:08 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-538 Randy Is ML considering process In-House rapid testing (ie BAX) for all plants. Wouldn't the CFIA like this? Randy
Is ML considering process In-House rapid testing (ie BAX) for all plants.
Wouldn’t the CFIA like this?

]]> By: Cathy http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/08/maple-leaf-initiates-precautionary-recall-of-nine-wiener-products-227/comment-page-1#comment-527 Cathy Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:14:20 +0000 http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=227#comment-527 reply to "trust even more so now" comment. I wonder what possessed this woman to write this comment - seeing there are still recalls on Maple Leaf products. WAKE UP EVERYONE! Listeriousis KILLS!!!! You cannot bring back your loved ones from this should they be seriously affected by this contamination. Think about that folks next time you eat Maple Leaf products. reply to “trust even more so now” comment. I wonder what possessed this woman to write this comment – seeing there are still recalls on Maple Leaf products. WAKE UP EVERYONE! Listeriousis KILLS!!!! You cannot bring back your loved ones from this should they be seriously affected by this contamination. Think about that folks next time you eat Maple Leaf products.

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