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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois addresses concerns over food safety inspections over the looming government cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in the following video interview with CTV news.

To watch the interview, follow this link: http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=873715&playlistId=1.1173920&binId=1.811527

 

Despite a massive snow and rain storm that overwhelmed southern Ontario Tuesday, a celebratory dinner honouring Roland Walton, president, Tim Hortons Canada, was held at PJ's Restaurant in the Atrium, Macdonald Stewart Hall at the University of Guelph in Ontario.

Walton is the 2013 Executive-in-Residence at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University and will serve until tomorrow. Each winter semester the school invites a successful and prominent industry executive to its campus to meet with students.

The College of Management and Economics offers internationally recognized masters available online or on campus.  Our programs are highly competitive and provide students with the foundations for careers in the private, public and non-profit sectors and for academic or research-intensive careers.

The MA (Leadership) program, the MBA in Hospitality & Tourism Management and the MBA in Food & Agribusiness Management are accepting applications until March 31st, 2013 for our May 2013 start date. For more information on each program, visit our website at http://www.uoguelph.ca/cme/executive-programs.

Article featured in University of Guelph News.

Roland Walton, president of Tim Hortons Canada, has been named the executive-in-residence in the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) for the winter semester.

Walton will share his three decades of food service experience with students Feb. 26 to 28 during classes and special events.

HTM’s executive-in-residence program has brought industry leaders and prominent corporate executives to enhance student learning and careers for more than 10 years.

Article written by Sylvain Charlebois and featured in The Globe and Mail.

Europe is currently dealing with what is arguably one of the most embarrassing food safety incidents in history. The discovery of horsemeat in burgers – the first one was found in Ireland in early January through DNA testing – has turned into a full-blown, industry-wide investigation. Officials have revealed that lasagna labelled as beef from one big retailer of frozen foods, Findus, actually contained horsemeat; in some cases, the meat content was 100-per-cent horse.

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