raceman6135
02-19-2012, 11:51 PM
(thread title edited to more accurately convey the truth)
Too bad another another local business is closing down.
I liked most of their products, but it looks like they just couldn't remain competitive.
[Source: http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/02/18/famed-longview-jerky-company-closes
also see
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120218/CGY_longview_original_beef_jerky_closes_120218/20120218/?hub=CalgaryHome]
Jovial to his last stick of jerky, Peter Lawson said goodbye to The Original Longview Beef Jerky Saturday.
What is arguably Alberta’s most famous cured-meat company — distributed nationally — is shutting down in the face of ever-stringent Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations and related expenses.
“Last year’s expenses, between a rusty screw or two that had to be replaced, inspector fees, Listeria swabbing, water sampling ... (were) over $12,000,” said Lawson.
Now, all that remains of the ready-to-eat meat is whatever remains on store shelves.
“All good things must come to an end, and we have,” said Lawson. “One of my favourite moments was having a letter from a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan — with his Tim Hortons coffee and his Longview beef jerky, he didn’t feel far from home that Christmas away from his family.”
He’s not thrilled to end what he started in 2002, but he’ll hold his head high, he said.
“The margin is tight enough when you’re dealing with wholesalers, and then you have CFIA expenses on top of that — it became too much.”
Longview Beef Jerky was one of the larger employers in the village of Longview, 85 km south of Calgary, and has had to lay off 15 people.
CFIA guidelines have tightened since a 2008 Listeria outbreak. “The importance of them is to put into place requirements for the meat producers — processes in place for them to follow to avoid having contamination by Listeria in the first place, and secondly, if this does occur, to be able to detect that quickly and determine where it is in products,” said CFIA spokesman Tim O’Connor.
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Too bad another another local business is closing down.
I liked most of their products, but it looks like they just couldn't remain competitive.
[Source: http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/02/18/famed-longview-jerky-company-closes
also see
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120218/CGY_longview_original_beef_jerky_closes_120218/20120218/?hub=CalgaryHome]
Jovial to his last stick of jerky, Peter Lawson said goodbye to The Original Longview Beef Jerky Saturday.
What is arguably Alberta’s most famous cured-meat company — distributed nationally — is shutting down in the face of ever-stringent Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations and related expenses.
“Last year’s expenses, between a rusty screw or two that had to be replaced, inspector fees, Listeria swabbing, water sampling ... (were) over $12,000,” said Lawson.
Now, all that remains of the ready-to-eat meat is whatever remains on store shelves.
“All good things must come to an end, and we have,” said Lawson. “One of my favourite moments was having a letter from a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan — with his Tim Hortons coffee and his Longview beef jerky, he didn’t feel far from home that Christmas away from his family.”
He’s not thrilled to end what he started in 2002, but he’ll hold his head high, he said.
“The margin is tight enough when you’re dealing with wholesalers, and then you have CFIA expenses on top of that — it became too much.”
Longview Beef Jerky was one of the larger employers in the village of Longview, 85 km south of Calgary, and has had to lay off 15 people.
CFIA guidelines have tightened since a 2008 Listeria outbreak. “The importance of them is to put into place requirements for the meat producers — processes in place for them to follow to avoid having contamination by Listeria in the first place, and secondly, if this does occur, to be able to detect that quickly and determine where it is in products,” said CFIA spokesman Tim O’Connor.
[email protected]