Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Coli Outbreak

Plant Dept: Officials from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are scrutinizing operations at the XL Foods plant shuttered after E.coli was discovered in beef products processed there, in order to determine whether the facility can resume full operations in the coming days, according to CTV. The inspectors are evaluating the control processes at the plant, as workers complete the cutting of carcasses that have tested negative for E.coli strain 0157:H7 and the XL Foods plant at the centre of an E. Coli outbreak could open as early as the end of the week if all goes well with a CFIA inspection that began early Tuesday. CFIA media relations officer Guy Gravelle told News.ca that inspectors have been at the Lakeside Packers plant in Brooks, Alta., since 6 a.m., to monitor the work of some 800 employees called in for a single shift Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.