US EditionFake maple syrup plot thickens: Cans found with label hiding name of implicated company
Retailers are pulling Bourdeau’s syrup after lab tests found five cans labeled pure were cut with 50% cane sugar, officials said.
- Provincial lab tests conducted for Radio-Canada's Enquête revealed five cans labeled as pure maple syrup from producer Steve Bourdeau were cut with 50% cane sugar, prompting major retailers including IGA, Metro, and Farm Boy to pull the products.
- Consumers discovered cans featuring "le sirop Angela" stickers that concealed Bourdeau's company name, though the producer had been aware of the Enquête investigation since February.
- On Thursday, Quebec Agriculture Minister Donald Martel called the adulterated syrup "unacceptable" and said, "We have rules, we make sure that these rules are followed, we do a very rigorous job in this regard."
- The Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers filed complaints with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, while lawyer Saro Turner is seeking approval for a class-action lawsuit against Bourdeau.
- Food fraud costs Canada an estimated $1.5 billion to $2 billion annually, a systemic issue Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie University suggests often relies on reactive media investigations to uncover.
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Fake maple syrup plot thickens: Cans found with label hiding name of implicated company
Since Radio-Canada first broke the story last week of fake maple syrup found on grocery store shelves, consumers have since found cans of syrup in stores from the same producer with a sticker hiding the company’s name.
Following the revelations of the Falsified Syrup Survey, consumers were surprised to discover that a new label was hiding the company's name.
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