WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada's food-safety system was caught unprepared and acted without a sense of urgency during last year's outbreak of listeriosis in which 22 people died after eating contaminated deli meat, according to a report released on Tuesday. Sheila Weatherill, a nurse and health executive who led a federally appointed investigation into last summer's outbreak, said ...

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said Monday its proposal to pay up to $21 million to settle several class-action lawsuits over last year's deadly food poisoning outbreak are headed to courts for approval. The lawsuits were filed after a listeria outbreak last year linked to Maple Leaf meat products produced at a Toronto plant. The outbreak killed at least 20 ...

The Canadian food maker linked to a bacteria outbreak that caused at least 20 deaths and the country's largest meat recall last year has again tested positive for listeria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday inspected a subsidiary of Maple Leaf Foods after testing showed ...