Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a17 Winnipeg repress. Com Canada Winnipeg free press Friday october 10, 2008 a 17 save 20% on select tables lamps & accessories with any upholstery Purchase. Trevor reclining sofa motion sofas like the Simon raise interesting dilemmas lean Back or lie Down put your feet up or Roll Over these Are debates for the Ages. Reclining Loveseat. $ 1149 Recliner. $ 649 Canyon table group rectangular cocktail table $ 399 rectangular end table $ 369 pay no get plus 6 months no interest no payments the Pinnacle Recliner High backed and Plush Pinnacle is As easy going As it gets. It certainly wont ask you where youve been All night. The Kiefer sofa this is a room you want to set up shop in. Knowing that one of these beauties comes with a Sleeper sofa available As an option is almost too much to handle. 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Maple Leaf tax Mai undertook a massive recall two months ago after listeria detected at a Toronto facility was linked to an outbreak of Lister Osis that resulted in 20 deaths. The Plant stopped production on aug. 20, was intensely sanitized and began producing meat on sept. 17 so samples could be tested before resuming shipment to the Public. Four out of 3,850 product samples and one environmental Sample out of 671 tested positive wednesday for listeria. Mccain called those results exceptionally Low numbers but said the facility will not resume production for consumption until both the company and the Canadian food inspection Agency Are satisfied that the product is Safe. The latest Batch of contaminated meat at the Toronto Plant never left the company is control he said. Maple Leaf spokeswoman Linda Smith said some of the product made it As far As a distribution Centre. The company said while the Strain found wednesday matched the listeria identified in August it was found on a different line and Mccain stressed a separation Between the two events. What occurred two months ago is not whats happening today he said. Whats happened yesterday is routine no risk to the Canadian Public happens every Day in the Canadian food Industry. Mccain suggested much of the worry Over the latest positive findings is due to Media attention and comes because the Toronto facility is in a fishbowl. Listeria is everywhere in our environment. It is impossible impossible to eliminate Mccain said. While this Plant has undergone intensive sanitize action we will never never eliminate it. This is an impossible expectation. It exists in All food plants All supermarkets and presumably All kitchens. Mccain also turned his attention to the Cofia which has been criticized for a delay in informing the Public about the Lister Osis outbreak and about inspection methods. Canada has one of the highest standards of vigilance in food safety in the world yet we Are not perfect Mccain said. The recent outbreak of Lister Osis has shone a spotlight on our food safety system. Some people have seized the Opportunity to Advance their own Agenda at the expense of Public Confidence. Rick Holley a food science professor at the University of Manitoba said Canadas food safety system has a Long Way to go. He said proper risk management cannot be done until the food borne surveillance system is improved and that a coordinated food inspection system should be put in place. I dont see any real groundswell of support within government to address the Issue appropriately he said. Were going to just sit Here and knee Jerk react to outbreak after outbreak unless some serious consideration is Given to investing dollars in improving the food safety system in Canada. The Canadian press listeria inevitable Maple Leaf Plant again tests positive despite big cleanup drive Toronto an outbreak of streptococcal infections that has killed 10 people in Northern Ontario could possibly spread across the province and even hit populations further East a prominent microbiologist said thursday. Or. Donald Low chief microbiologist at Toronto is mount Sinai Hospital said he be surprised if the infection migrated by the end of october or november. Weave seen it in Western Canada were seeing it move East Low said. Theress a lot of movement of individuals from City to City so there May Well be an Opportunity for this thing to Hitchhike along with somebody and be introduced into a new Community of individuals that Are susceptible. Its speculation but its something that were going to look out for. The Canadian press Toronto theress no cause for concern because Only eight of 27 passengers on a bus that carried a rider with tuberculosis have come Forward Ontario health officials said thursday. An Appeal was issued last week for 27 passengers of greyhound bus trip 0367 from Toronto to Detroit on aug. 31 who disembarked in Windsor ont., to get tested for the disease. Health ministry spokesman Mark Nesbitt said thursday the eight people Are being assessed to determine whether they need a skin test for tuberculosis. If they do need a skin test get one of those and those take two or three Days to come Back because its a reaction Issue Nesbitt said. Its like an allergy test its an antibody test basically a very tiny Little injection and then they Check two or three Days later for a reaction. Nesbitt said he Isnit worried by the Low number of passengers that have come Forward to be tested. Generally its going to take three to eight weeks for a skin test to be worthwhile doing he said. It takes that Long for any sort of antibodies to build up to be Able to detect this. Nesbitt said he had no information As to where the eight passengers Are from. The ministry continues to Appeal to the other 19 passengers to Contact their local health unit or Call their hotline number at 1 866 532 3161, Nesbitt added. The greyhound bus left Toronto at 12 30 p. M. On sunday aug. 31, with 33 passengers aboard. The bus stopped in London ont., at 2 35 p. M. And nine More passengers got on. The bus arrived in Windsor at 5 05 p. M. The infected person who was Only identified As a woman carrying a Canadian passport and ranging in age from 20 to 45 had previously tested positive for tuberculosis in the United states and was refused entry Back into u. S. At the Detroit Border. Its unknown whether doctors warned her against travelling. The woman does not have the More serious forms of Multi drug resistant or extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. She was put into quarantine. The Canadian press while this Plant has undergone intensive sanitize action we will never never eliminate it. This is an impossible expectations Maple Leaf ceo Michael Mccain no concern of to despite possible exposure officials Strep outbreak could spread my Peter j. Thompson / can West news service archives Maple Leaf employees in August cleaning Plant to which Lister Osis outbreak was traced. A 17_ oct 10 08. Ind a17 1 0/ 9/ 08 10 10 18 pm ;