Canadian Food Inspection Agency Suspends Abe's Frozen Desserts Licence
The canadian food inspection agency suspended the licence of Abe’s Frozen Desserts Inc. after an inspection found multiple food safety violations at the company’s operations. The suspension stays in place until the company shows it has come into compliance with the Safe Food for Canadians Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.
Abe’s Frozen Desserts inspection
The inspection found failures involving pasteurization controls, preventive control plans, hazard analysis, sanitation and sampling for Listeria monocytogenes, equipment maintenance and record-keeping. Abe’s Frozen Desserts Inc. produces kosher and dairy-free ice cream and ice pops sold in supermarkets.
The agency said compliance with food safety regulations is essential to protect the public and prevent recalls. No recall is associated with the suspension, and the company’s products remain under the licence action rather than a product withdrawal.
Safe Food for Canadians Act
The suspension is tied to the Safe Food for Canadians Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, which set the standard the company must meet before its licence can be restored. If corrective action is not taken within 90 days, the licence may be cancelled.
For customers, the practical change is straightforward: the licence is already suspended, and the company must show compliance before it can operate under the same federal approval. The 90-day window is the immediate pressure point, because it puts cancellation on the table if the problems are not fixed.
90-day deadline
The most urgent step now is on Abe’s Frozen Desserts Inc., which has to demonstrate compliance with federal food safety law to end the suspension. If it does not, the licence can move from suspension to cancellation after 90 days, extending the company’s shutdown from a temporary order into a longer-term loss of authorization.
