Coronavirus
May 29th 2021 | 3:58 am
#4607
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Re: Coronavirus
Health Canada extends expiry dates for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines set to expire Monday
The Ontario government said Saturday that lots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that were set to expire on May 31 can now be used past their original expiry date following authorization by Health Canada.
“Health Canada has issued an authorization to extend the expiry date of specific lots of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from six months to seven months, following the review of submitted stability data,†said Alexandra Hilkene, press secretary to the minister of health.
Hilkene said vaccines which were set to expire May 31 can now be used until July 1.
“Health Canada has issued an authorization to extend the expiry date of specific lots of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from six months to seven months, following the review of submitted stability data,†said Alexandra Hilkene, press secretary to the minister of health.
Hilkene said vaccines which were set to expire May 31 can now be used until July 1.
May 29th 2021 | 4:44 am
#4608
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Re: Coronavirus
Well that was a lucky break wasn't it?
Health Canada extends expiry dates for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines set to expire Monday
Health Canada extends expiry dates for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines set to expire Monday
May 29th 2021 | 4:55 am
#4609
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Re: Coronavirus
May 29th 2021 | 5:06 am
#4610
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Re: Coronavirus
Meanwhile, here inside a federal DQF, we detainees are being served expired foodstuffs, and are being told by officials of the PHAC & by the Canadian Red Cross that the "best-before" date isn't the same as an expiry date, and so we have no choice but to eat what we've been given in here. So perhaps vaccines also have such BB dates...?
You would think the federal government could provide properly fresh food. Even my local food bank doesn't dole out food past its best by date.
May 29th 2021 | 5:30 am
#4611
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May 29th 2021 | 5:40 am
#4612
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Re: Coronavirus
The feds have actually sub-contracted their DQF catering requirements here to a private company which provides us with "halal" food (koranically blessed?), & they're apparently quite within health-safety-food regulations to save $$$ by serving beyond-best-before dated food to detainees here. And the Red Cross (who manage this site remotely) have asked us to be "understanding" of the realities inside the DQF.
May 29th 2021 | 6:12 am
#4613
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The feds advertise all of these kinds of contracts on their 'BuyAndSell' website. Northern-style remote-location jobsite type catering would suit beer-&-ketchup boys like me far better than halal, haha.
May 29th 2021 | 6:27 am
#4614
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Re: Coronavirus
May 29th 2021 | 6:32 am
#4615
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Re: Coronavirus
Last edited by vinegarboy; May 29th 2021 at 6:36 am.
May 29th 2021 | 1:45 pm
#4616
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As you say halal and kosher meat is from animals that are ritually slaughtered. That means they must be conscious when they are hung upside down and their throats cut.
May 29th 2021 | 5:12 pm
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May 29th 2021 | 6:54 pm
#4618
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Re: Coronavirus
Not true - they must be alive. Most stunning does not kill the animal, so most halal is stunned before slaughter.
May 29th 2021 | 11:50 pm
#4620
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Re: Coronavirus
Small mercies. To be in solidarity with you and the rest in lock-up I've just purchased a couple of big club packs of Halal chicken thighs and wings nearing their expiration date. I'll drag the smoker up from the basement and start checking smoked wing recipes. Looking forward to the full quarantine experience.
