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		<title>Deloitte Canada Releases Report on Food Safety in Canada</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2010/02/deloitte-canada-releases-report-on-food-safety-in-canada-316</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I met with the team at Deloitte Canada to offer some perspectives for a research report called Safe to move.  The report examines the issue of food safety and provides a comprehensive approach to help companies achieve their business objectives and manage food safety risks.
 Food safety can be a complex issue  and there are no &#8221;silver bullets&#8221;  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maple Leaf Welcomes Sharon Beals, Senior Vice President, Food Safety and Quality Assurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2010/01/maple-leaf-welcomes-sharon-beals-senior-vice-president-food-safety-and-quality-assurance-311</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2010/01/maple-leaf-welcomes-sharon-beals-senior-vice-president-food-safety-and-quality-assurance-311#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Food Safety Vision is to provide consumers safe, great tasting food produced in a safe environment.  The foundation of this is building and maintaining a strong food safety culture, which requires strong leadership.  To this end we are delighted to announce the immediate appointment of Sharon Beals as the new Senior Vice President, Food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding our Food Safety Leadership Team</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2010/01/expanding-our-food-safety-leadership-team-308</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2010/01/expanding-our-food-safety-leadership-team-308#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Recall]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Strategy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Creating a high performing food safety organization&#8221; is one of the pillars of Maple Leaf&#8217;s Food Safety Strategy.  We are committed to building a world-class food safety and quality team to ensure we have  strong  technical and scientific expertise throughout Maple Leaf.
I am pleased to welcome Peter Slade to my team as Senior Director, Food Safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Food Safety</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/12/holiday-food-safety-298</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/12/holiday-food-safety-298#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cold foods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crock pot]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[food safety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holiday cooking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hot foods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leftovers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maple leaf foods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Meat thermometer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating the holidays with family and loved ones is one of the best times of year to enjoy great company and even better food!  Entertaining creates different challenges in the kitchen than normal meal preparation. The quantity of food and how it is served requires special attention to ensure food safety.
Some safety tips are even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Maple Leaf Food Safety Advisory Council</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/12/maple-leaf-foods-food-safety-advisory-council-294</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/12/maple-leaf-foods-food-safety-advisory-council-294#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Tompkin]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Colin Dennis]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Harvey Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Weisgerber]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mansel Griffiths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Upon joining Maple Leaf as Chief Food Safety Officer earlier this year, one of my first priorities was to bring together a team of independent experts to increase our knowledge in the areas of food safety, microbiology and public health.  The Maple Leaf Food Safety Advisory Council is comprised of some impressive food safety experts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maple Leaf Responds to Bartor Road Corrective Actions</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/11/maple-leaf-responds-to-bartor-road-corrective-actions-289</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/11/maple-leaf-responds-to-bartor-road-corrective-actions-289#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Performance]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Listeria Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bartor Road]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Press]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CFIA]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[maple leaf foods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sanitization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Press (CP) issued a story yesterday about corrective action reports issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 14 months ago, after an inspection at our Bartor Road plant.  
The average reader must be wondering how this plant could have so many issues only a month after re-opening from causing one of the worst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Safety Information Sharing in Practice</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/10/food-safety-information-sharing-in-practice-283</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/10/food-safety-information-sharing-in-practice-283#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[emerging technologies]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[PHAC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian food processors, retailers, distributors, institutions,  trade associations,  government agencies and listeria experts came together last Friday,  in the spirit that Food Safety should not be treated as a competitive issue, to discuss global best practices in food safety at our ThinkFOOD! Centre in Mississauga.  What united us was our shared concern in understanding the latest  thinking on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industry and Government Come Together to Make Food Safer For Canadians</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/10/industry-and-government-come-together-to-make-food-safer-for-canadians-274</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/10/industry-and-government-come-together-to-make-food-safer-for-canadians-274#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 23,  leaders across the Canadian food industry and government are coming together to share information and learn about emerging technologies and science, in order to produce safer food for Canadians.
The food safety symposium entitled &#8220;Enhancing Our Knowledge and Capabilities to Produce Safer Food&#8221; is the first gathering of its kind since the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Maple Leaf Website</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/10/new-maple-leaf-website-265</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/10/new-maple-leaf-website-265#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCain</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Leadership]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Listeria Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[food safety]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mapleleaf.com/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent government research study nearly seven-in-ten (69%) people said they wished they had more information about food safety, including how to protect themselves and their families from foods that pose a health risk. The vast majority - 75% - said they want to get this information through the Internet. 
Over the past year we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maple Leaf&#8217;s Food Safety Strategy</title>
		<link>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/09/maple-leafs-food-safety-strategy-252</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mapleleaf.com/2009/09/maple-leafs-food-safety-strategy-252#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Randy Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be over a year since the listeriosis outbreak that resulted in the death of 22 Canadians, but it is still very much fresh in our minds. We made one big commitment and that was our goal to become a global food safety leader. We&#8217;ve put that into action over the past year and [...]]]></description>
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