The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has allowed XL Foods to re-open the facility at the centre of an e. coli scare after an assessment of its food safety controls.
XL Foods has had its suspension lifted by CFIA and is now licensed to operate, although the Alberta plant will only be allowed to “progressively” resume slaughter and processing operations under “enhanced CFIA surveillance and increased testing protocols”.
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Last month, the US halted imports from XL Foods’ plant due to findings of E.coli bacteria. Since then, food officials have allowed the company to partially resume operations while it continues to review the facility.
The facility has since been taken over by Brazilian beef firm JBS, which entered into an agreement that involved it taking management of “certain Canadian operations” of XL Foods last week.
In its latest update, the Public Health Agency of Canada said four provinces and territories had been affected with 16 cases of illnesses, with Alberta reporting the most cases at seven.
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