The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the licence of a Saskatchewan beef slaughterhouse because it wasn’t meeting food safety requirements.
The licence at Establishment 659, or Northern Natural Processing LP, was suspended July 10, but the CFIA news release wasn’t issued until a week later.
Northern Natural is located in the former Natural Valley plant at Neudorf, Sask. The Wolseley, Sask. processing plant was not suspended.
The CFIA said in an emailed response to questions that the plant can re-open once requirements are met.
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“The company’s licence was suspended because it failed to implement corrective measures related to two Corrective Action Requests issued in late May and early June,” the email said.
The agency said the requests were issued because food safety controls were not being implemented reliably and consistently.
“Specifically, the plant was not meeting the requirements of its HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control point) plan and had problems with pest control,” it said.
Three Class 3, or low-risk, recalls were issued in June and July involving ingredients from Northern Natural ,but the CFIA said the matters are not related to the licence suspension.
The recalls included whole muscle rib eye and boneless trim, and the CFIA said the product was distributed to warehouses in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
However, two related low-risk recalls from Saskatchewan-based Harvest Meats Co. and Ukrainian Co-op Association Ltd. were linked to “unsuitable ingredients” obtained from Northern Natural.
CFIA said that an animal carcass had tested positive for bovine lymphosarcoma, or cancer.
