CANADA: Syringes found at Maple Leaf, tampering suspected
By just-food.com | 10 November 2006
Following three separate discoveries of syringe casings at the company's Kitchener, Ontario, meat processing plant, Maple Leaf Foods has completed the voluntary recall of various pre-cooked meat products and increased security at the manufacturing plant, and a police investigation has been launched.
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Following three separate discoveries of syringe casings at the company's Kitchener, Ontario, meat processing plant, Maple Leaf Foods has completed the voluntary recall of various pre-cooked meat products and increased security at the manufacturing plant, and a police investigation has been launched.
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