Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are implementing contingency plans to minimize the impacts of postal service disruption.
Les ministères, sociétés d’État et organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan mettent en œuvre des plans d’urgence visant à réduire les répercussions de l’interruption du service des postes.
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In Saskatchewan, public health inspectors employed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority inspect restaurant-type facilities, food processing facilities and slaughter plants. They are also involved in other food activities such as farmers' markets, food retail, food distribution and home food processing operations to investigate complaints or potential food borne illness linked to these activities.
Food safety is everyone's responsibility including:
Food may become contaminated along the 'field to fork continuum' and make people sick.
The contaminants may be:
Safe food products result when using:
The goal of a food safety inspection program is to:
Restaurant-type facilities prepare and serve food to the public for immediate consumption. They include, but are not limited to:
These facilities are licensed to operate under The Food Safety Regulations.
Public health inspectors ensure restaurant-type facilities operate according to The Food Safety Regulations and supporting standards.
Find up-to-date information from public health inspection reports is available for over 5,000 restaurant type facilities across Saskatchewan.
Food processing facilities prepare food that is not for immediate consumption. Food processing facilities include, but are not limited to:
These facilities may be licensed to operate under The Food Safety Regulations.
Public health inspectors inspect food processing facilities to ensure they are operating according to The Food Safety Regulations and supporting standards. They look for conditions that may directly or indirectly cause food-borne illness (e.g. temperature control, safe food handling practices and water quality).
In general, "low risk" foods do not require temperature control for safety and do not cause food-borne illness if handled properly. Examples of "low risk" foods include but are not limited to baked goods such as bread, cakes, fruit pies, jam, jelly, candy and pickled vegetables.
The Home Food Processing Fact Sheet was developed to:
Slaughter plants are food facilities where animals (for example, cattle, pigs or poultry) are slaughtered and the meat is cut into retail cuts or processed (for example, sausages or jerky) for sale to the public.
Public health inspectors inspect slaughter plants to ensure they operate according to The Sanitation Regulations and supporting standards.
The inspection focuses on:
Slaughter plants are licensed to operate under these regulations.
Milk plants are food facilities where raw milk is pasteurized, and can also be where milk and milk products are produced.
Public health inspectors inspect milk plants to ensure they operate according to The Food Safety Regulations and supporting standards.
The inspection focuses on:
Public health inspectors are responsible for investigating complaints from the public about food facilities such as restaurants, food processing facilities and slaughter plants. They consider the regulations and the public health risk, before deciding how to address any concerns.
Call the public health inspector in your area with concerns about a food facility that you feel is operating below acceptable standards, or to report a recent illness that you feel may be linked to food consumed at a particular facility or event.
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