Review will examine gaps in how the algorithm was designed and how it should be improved or overhauled
Had the listeria problem been caught at the Pickering facility, and the bacteria contained, Cale Sampson believes his 76-year-old mother, Muriel, would still be alive. Mr. Sampson poses while holding a framed photograph of his mother in the empty apartment where she lived prior to her death from listeria, in Toronto, on Nov. 3.
Among The Globe’s findings were that the majority of the data fed into the CFIA algorithm to conduct risk calculations on the 8,000 federally licensed food-production facilities in Canada are provided by companies themselves, and often not verified by the agency. Such gaps in oversight meant the facility in Pickering was effectively left to police itself in the years leading up to the crisis.
Had the problem been caught, and the bacteria contained, Cale Sampson believes his 76-year-old mother, Muriel, would still be alive. The Toronto grandmother died in June of listeriosis, about a week after consuming Silk unsweetened coconut milk that was later recalled. The algorithm-based approach is now under heavy criticism from food-safety experts and victims amid the lapses in oversight that have been exposed.
All of the unassessed facilities produce what are known as manufactured foods. This category, which comprises food made at roughly half of the country’s federally licensed facilities, includes products such as condiments, oils, baby foods and vegan dairy substitutes. It does not include meat producers and dairy processors.have too much influence over how the algorithm prioritizes sites for inspections, is also now being reviewed.
According to federal procurement records, the CFIA put out a call on Nov. 15 for a performance analysis that would give the agency comfort about how the algorithm works. Candidates had two weeks to apply.
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