VESSEL MEATS INC.
1496 LOWER WATER, HALIFAX · Food Establishment
Inspection summary
VESSEL MEATS INC. has been inspected 4 times by Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Food Safety Program) since February 10, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 23, 2025, recorded 1 infraction.
2 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination and Food source, labelling and allergens.
The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded once on August 23, 2025. For example:
27(d) A food establishment must develop and demonstrate policies and procedures for personnel that ensure that a person entering a food handling area or engaging in an operation in a food establishment who comes into contact with food meets all of the following: (d) the person washes their hands as often as is necessary to prevent contamination of food;
Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk
Food must come from approved suppliers, stay in labelled containers and be thrown out when it is spoiled or damaged, such as dented or swollen cans. Labelling matters for allergies: an unlabelled container can hide an allergen.
Recorded once on February 10, 2024. For example:
47(1)(a) An operator must ensure that all food in the food establishment is (a) labelled and identified as being from a source that is subject to inspection; or
About this data
These results come from Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Food Safety Program), which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
4 inspections
- Inspection
1 infraction
- 27(d) A food establishment must develop and demonstrate policies and procedures for personnel that ensure that a person entering a food handling area or engaging in an operation in a food establishment who comes into contact with food meets all of the following:
(d) the person washes their hands as often as is necessary to prevent contamination of food;
- The person handling raw meat did not wash their hands in between changing gloves. Change gloves regularly between tasks, or when the gloves become soiled. Hands must be thoroughly washed when gloves are being replaced.
- 27(d) A food establishment must develop and demonstrate policies and procedures for personnel that ensure that a person entering a food handling area or engaging in an operation in a food establishment who comes into contact with food meets all of the following:
(d) the person washes their hands as often as is necessary to prevent contamination of food;
- Inspection
0 infractions
- Inspection
0 infractions
- Inspection
1 infraction
- 47(1)(a) An operator must ensure that all food in the food establishment is
(a) labelled and identified as being from a source that is subject to inspection; or
- All meat vendors must ensure meat products are labeled indicating the plant number(s) where meats have been slaughtered and processed.
- 47(1)(a) An operator must ensure that all food in the food establishment is
(a) labelled and identified as being from a source that is subject to inspection; or