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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Needs more emphasis on again

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Were they correctly punished the last time? No? Then it's business as usual.

Even if they were, a fine is just the cost of doing business.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The feds MUST increase the fines. My personal choice would be $1M per low-weight item.

Maybe that'll clear up this issue.

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, put liability on executives and even potentially board members themselves. Treat it like financial fraud. Set up a structure to proactively investigate and pursue personal civil and criminal liability of officers and directors or other management that knowingly or negligently engaged in what is essentially defrauding the public. No reason an executive they overseas a scheme to defraud the public shouldn't end up sitting in jail.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Treat it like financial fraud.

Because it is.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Or just nationalize these stores and turn them into crown corps.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Sure, once we somehow figure out how not to have corrupt governments.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The EU has some mechanism so that it is % of revenue for charges like these. Canada needs to put something like that in.

[–] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Global revenue

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Despite the increased enforcement, the CFIA has issued only warnings to offenders. The B.C. Real Canadian Superstore, which sold underweight strip loin, got a warning β€” no fine β€” even though the chain has faced CFIA scrutiny before.

They aren't even being fined.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

There were baker's dozen for a reason ... if they faced fines appropriate fines then they would definitely make sure we got at least what we paid for.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Replace the underweight meat with Galen Weston's flesh.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Despite the increased enforcement, the CFIA has issued only warnings to offenders.

Totally unacceptable. I want heads to roll. No slap on the wrist. We need real, impactful penalties that affect their stock price.

[–] kahnclusions@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is pretty much how Canadian regulations and regulators work in general. Weak, ineffective, toothless. Canada won't do anything if it would inconvenience business and land owners. And Canadians, despite saying how much they care, won't vote for anything that actually costs money.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

shocker to literally NOONE. honestly, throw Galen is prison. literal criminal scum

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Let's start fining them:

Despite the increased enforcement, the CFIA has issued only warnings to offenders. The B.C. Real Canadian Superstore, which sold underweight strip loin, got a warning β€” no fine β€” even though the chain has faced CFIA scrutiny before.

This is super easy, start a grocery chain as a crown corporation and somehow stop neolibs from selling it to one of their buddy's and make it private. The other grocers will lower their prices to normal because right now it is a fucking cartel.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

JAIL THEK ALREADY

If I commit fraud, I get jailed. Why isn't anyone jaiked over this?

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I afree qith tou vonpletely

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Its not fraud, its capitalism.

Yank funding from CFIA and let food processors and grocers self-inspect.

Hey why is this happening?

Let’s cut harder. https://www.agrunion.com/jobs-cuts-at-cfia-will-lead-to-a-food-safety-crisis-in-canada/

[–] wraekscadu@vargar.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Another reminder to support your grocery coop and participate in its democracy.

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Closest one is an hour away

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That's the spirit!!

[–] wraekscadu@vargar.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oop.

Not saying you should do it, but some of them offer delivery services (but are horrible at advertising them). Calgary co-op for example offers free delivery in Calgary for orders above 200 dollars. None of their websites offer this information. Only during checkout do you get this info. Why? I dunno.

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't remember the last time I spent more than $40 at a grocery store, even above $100 at Costco is rare. If I don't get what I feel like on the fly it just doesn't get eaten and goes to waste

[–] wraekscadu@vargar.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, do you do weekly grocery runs instead of monthly?

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

More like daily, walk or on drive home depending on in office days

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

So does save on foods. My ground chicken just this past Sunday was marked at .429k but were all 3.95kg when I measured to portion.

Edit: .419kg not 4.19KG

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

They needed to inject it with more salt water, so don't worry, they only shorted you salt water, not meat. Go back to the store, and demand the missing salt water that you paid meat prices for.

I should just carry my small kitchen scale to the store and measure things. If its the same weight or less as what's shown, they're either including the packaging or its underweight, neither of which is allowed.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it was weighed at the grinder, and moisture dries off.

You are talking about 25g on 4kg, that's only 0.6%.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Moisture doesn't dry off in sealed plastic. Regardless, it is advertised as an amount it isn't, a weight that could be measured at the checkout scale and priced accurately to account for that, and isn't, by choice.

Anyways, it's 419g, not 4.19 KG, so this is 6%, not 0.6%. I mistyped in my post and have edited that, apologies.

[–] rndmdsplyname@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

Costco must be protected at all costs