More needles found in P.E.I. potatoes
QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:21 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 01:53 PM EST
A Prince Edward Island company has found more sewing needles in its potatoes — but detected them before they left the plant.
In a statement issued Monday, Cavendish Farms said its hazard control process, which includes metal detectors, found the needles during the normal production of french fries at its New Annan, P.E.I., plant on Dec. 27 and 28.
The RCMP is in the midst of a potato tampering investigation after people on the East Coast started finding needles in potatoes back in October, triggering a product recall.
Police have said the needles appear to have been planted deliberately before the potatoes arrived at the Cavendish Farms plant.
The latest case shows the plant's hazard detection system is working, a spokesman for Cavendish Farms said.
"We have very diligent processes, including technology and trained personnel to ensure the highest standard of food safety and quality," Bill Meisner, vice-president of operations, said. "The needles were detected...Our employees responded as trained. We have full confidence in our safety processes and the safety of our product."
The company said this batch of potatoes didn't come from the same farm where the potatoes in October's recall were believed to have been harvested.
The province's potato industry is offering a reward of $100,000 to find whoever is responsible for the tampering.
Police in P.E.I. investigate food-tampering after consumers find sewing needles in potatoes sold across Atlantic Canada. (photo: RCMP)
More needles found in P.E.I. potatoes | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:21 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 01:53 PM EST
A Prince Edward Island company has found more sewing needles in its potatoes — but detected them before they left the plant.
In a statement issued Monday, Cavendish Farms said its hazard control process, which includes metal detectors, found the needles during the normal production of french fries at its New Annan, P.E.I., plant on Dec. 27 and 28.
The RCMP is in the midst of a potato tampering investigation after people on the East Coast started finding needles in potatoes back in October, triggering a product recall.
Police have said the needles appear to have been planted deliberately before the potatoes arrived at the Cavendish Farms plant.
The latest case shows the plant's hazard detection system is working, a spokesman for Cavendish Farms said.
"We have very diligent processes, including technology and trained personnel to ensure the highest standard of food safety and quality," Bill Meisner, vice-president of operations, said. "The needles were detected...Our employees responded as trained. We have full confidence in our safety processes and the safety of our product."
The company said this batch of potatoes didn't come from the same farm where the potatoes in October's recall were believed to have been harvested.
The province's potato industry is offering a reward of $100,000 to find whoever is responsible for the tampering.
Police in P.E.I. investigate food-tampering after consumers find sewing needles in potatoes sold across Atlantic Canada. (photo: RCMP)
More needles found in P.E.I. potatoes | Canada | News | Toronto Sun