Meat Inspection Review Report
OPSEU Summary
News Release
July 22, 2004 – Implement recommendations on meat inspection, OPSEU urges
Read the Haines Report
Mr. Justice Roland Haines' report on meat inspection bears out many of OPSEU criticisms over the years. The full 600-page report, and an executive summary are at this website:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca
/english/about/pubs/meatinspectionreport/
March 30, 2004 Transcripts of meat inspection review now available on web. Click here to read transcripts of the March 24 presentations to the Haines Review in Peterborough,
including those by OPSEU
March 24, 2004 Meat inspectors need more backup to keep food safe, OPSEU says
Judicial Review of Meat Inspection Systems
February 18, 2004 OPSEU to participate in review with goal to improve the meat inspection system for front-line staff. .pdf
Tell us what you think. Please send us an e-mail with your comments on how to improve
the meat inspection system.
Ministry to post meat inspector positions
November 28, 2003: Read the full text of the grievance settlement between OPSEU and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food .pdf
News Release
November 28, 2003
OPSEU is welcoming the province's contract meat inspectors back into the OPS.
The Real Beef
A Bulletin for Ontario "contract" Meat Inspectors.
February 2004 - Issue 4 Welcome to OPSEU. An update on the hiring process and the Judicial Meat Inspection review by Justice Haines
.pdf
October 2003 - Issue 3
OPSEU grievance starts. Legal proceedings on status of ‘contract’ meat inspectors before mediator/arbitrator .pdf
September 2003 - Issue 2 Election 2003
You can make a difference in the wages and working conditions for contract meat inspectors! .pdf
May 2003 - Issue 1 Meat Inspectors pull together a new campaign. A time for Action. Action you can take. .pdf
Letter to Minister of Agriculture Steve Peters
October 31, 2003 Ontario contract meat inspectors request a meeting with the new Minister
How can you help the farm economy?
Sept. 23, 2003 Think about food safety when you vote. This ad appeared in the Ontario Farmer and the Goderich Signal-Star.
News Releases from the Ontario Contract Meat Inspectors Group
Sept. 19, 2003 Contract meat inspectors sound alarm over provincial inspection .pdf
Sept. 19, 2003: Contract meat inspectors speak out: survey report .pdf
Sept. 15, 2003 Blame the Eves government; not the inspectors, UFCW says .pdf
Sept. 10, 2003: "Considerable room for improvement" says whistle-blowing meat inspector
News Releases from the Ontario Contract Meat Inspectors Group
Sept. 14, 2003 Inspectors seek support for modernized meat safety system .pdf
Sept. 13, 2003: Meat inspectors sent this letter to food industry associations .pdf
Ontario NDP News Release
Sept. 13, 2003 NDP demands whistleblower proteciton for meat inspectors .pdf
Sept. 11, 2003: "Tories failed to act on meat warning" (Toronto Star)
FLASHBACK: In March 2002, OPSEU paid for province-wide radio ads warning that meat safety was at risk from Tory policies. Hear them here!
"Only Eight" mp3
"How do you know" mp3
Sept. 5, 2003: Public power means Grade 'A' inspections, NDP says http://www.newswire.ca/releases/
September2003/05/c7692.html
Sept. 5, 2003: McGuinty Pledges Full Inquiry into New Tainted Meat Revelations http://www.newswire.ca/releases/
September2003/05/c7675.html
August 28, 2003 NDP says rehire meat inspectors as crown employees. Time to protect the public and support the meat industry.
OPSEU News Release
August 27, 2003 Meat Inspection will be provincial election issue, OPSEU promises
No reply from the Minister
Ontario Contract Meat Inspectors Group wrote to the Minister of Agriculture Helen Johns to discuss meat inspection issues and the groups' concerns
about food safety. Despite letters and phone calls to her office, there is no reply. Why won't Minister Helen Johns take action? Call her office - Minister's office: 416-326-3074 Constituency office: 519-524-2979. Let the Minister know that contract meat inspectors should be made full-time employees.
Letter to Minister of Agriculture Helen Johns from Liberal Agriculture critic Steve Peters
July 22, 2003 "The success of the food safety system is highly dependent on recruitment, retention and training of staff."
Information Meeting
Find out more about the campaign to improve your wages and working conditions. Saturday, May 31, 2003 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. at the Red Pine Inn, 497 Victoria Street, Alliston, Ontario.
OPSEU News Releases
May 21, 2003 Ontario meat safety at risk from inexperienced, ill-trained inspectors, OPSEU warns
February 11, 2002 Food safety at risk: province puts meat inspectors, public in danger
Ontario NDP News Release
May 21, 2003 Private meat inspectors have less training .pdf
Ontario Liberal News Release
May 27, 2003 Ontario government putting food safety at risk .pdf
Sample Letter for Abattoirs
Download this letter to give to plant owners.
