Canadian Food Company Fined for Selling Fake Kosher Cheese to Jewish Summer Camps

The Toronto Star reports:  A Woodbridge food distribution company has been found guilty of forging food certificates and passing off run-of-the-mill cheese as kosher.

Creation Foods has been ordered to pay $25,000 for contravening the Food and Drugs Act and selling falsely labelled, non-kosher cheddar to two summer camps for observant Jewish children in 2015. This marks the first time in Canada that a case has been brought before a provincial court in relation to the misrepresentation of a kosher food product, according to a statement released by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

“The fine is significant and may lead to improved future compliance under this statute,” said the notification on the food regulator’s website.

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