By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday March 1, 2022

Mar 1, 2022 | 11:02 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan dairy farm has been fined for a worker’s death in 2020.

Jimlee Farms Ltd. pleaded guilty in Fort Qu’Appelle Provincial Court on Feb. 17 to one charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and was fined $80,000.

The charge arose from an incident on Nov. 19, 2020, when Jesus Heinar Zavala Guevara was feeding cattle and processing barley for feed by running or rolling grain through a grain mill powered by a tractor with a power take off. His clothing became snagged by the unguarded PTO shaft running between the tractor and the mill.

The 34-year-old temporary foreign worker from Veracruz, Mexico worked at the farm near Summerberry about 120 kilometres east of Regina.

The farm milks approximately 230 dairy cows twice daily and maintains a herd of other dairy cattle for breeding purposes.

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Bouvry Exports Calgary Ltd. has had its Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) license suspended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

The suspension for the Fort Macleod-based meat processer to effect Feb. 17. While the suspension is in effect, the license holder cannot conduct any activity for which the license was issued.

The CFIA stated the license was suspended because Bouvry Exports failed to comply with regulations with regards to operational sanitation procedures to prevent cross-contamination of food.

The company also failed to comply with respect to preventive control measures for the detection of E. coli and the detection of temperature deviations in carcasses.

Additionally, the CFIA stated that a risk of injury to the public could result if Bouvry Exports continued to conduct the activities identified in its license.

The suspension will be lifted if the CFIA determines that corrective measures have been taken.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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