TORONTO – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. found no evidence of Listeria monocytogenes in any of the products processed at its Bartor Road plant before an outbreak killed more than 20 people and sickened hundreds, Ron Judge, the company’s vice-president for food safety and quality told the a meeting of the Ontario Food Protection Association here recently.

OTTAWA -- The heads of three federal agencies pivotal to last summer's listeriosis crisis want a damning report by Ontario's top public health official "clarified and corrected."

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is requesting public comment on a draft quantitative food safety risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes that compares the risk of listeriosis from consumption of prepackaged ready-to-eat deli meat versus RTE meat that is sliced and packaged at retail.