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Other expense, net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Income And Other Expense Disclosure Text Block | 13. Other E xpense (I ncome), N e t The compone n ts of other expense (income) are as follows:
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012 | December 31, 2011
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $
(a) | Product recall | 5,214 | - | -
(b) | Severance and other rationalization costs | 1,286 | 1,705 | 505
(c) | Impairment of long-lived assets | 310 | - | 358
(d) | Acquisition-related transaction costs | 181 | 671 | 467
(e) | Loss (gain) on sale of assets | 180 | (376) | (2,872)
| Other | (122) | 194 | (1,290)
|  |  |  | 7,049 | 2,194 | (2,832)
(a) Product recall For the year ended December 28, 2013, the Company recorded a provision for the expected loss associated with a voluntary product recall initiated by a customer in November 2013, which related to certain pouch products processed and packaged at the Company's All entown, Pennsylvania facility. (b) Severance and other rationalization costs For the year ended December 28, 2013, Opta Minerals incurred severance and other costs in connection with the rationalization and integration of WGI. In addition, the Company recorded employee severance and other costs in connection with the closure of the Chelmsford, Massachusetts administrative office of the former Ingredients Group and the idling of the Fargo, North Dakota grains processing facility of Global Sourcing and Supply. For the year ended December 29, 2012, the Company recorded employee severance and other costs in connection with the rationalization of a number of operations and functions within SunOpta Foods in an effort to streamline operations, which included a reduction in its salaried workforce of approximately 6%, as well as severance payable to a former executive officer. In addition, Opta Minerals incurred severance costs in connection with the acquisition of WGI. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recorded employee severance and other rationalization costs mainly in connection with the divestiture of its fruit processing operat ions in Mexico and California. (c) Impairment of l ong-lived a sset s For the year ended December 28, 2013, Opta Minerals wrote off the carrying amounts of certain intangible assets related to long-term licensing agreements that were determined not to be recoverable, due to a decline in the cash flows generated under these arrangements. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company wrote off certain long-lived tangible and in tangible assets of the frozen food operation of the former Fruit Group in the amounts of $88 and $270, respectively. (d) Acquisition-related transaction costs Represents transaction costs incurred in connection with the fiscal 2013 acquisition of OLC, the fiscal 2012 acquisitions of WGI and Babco by Opta Minerals, and the fiscal 2011 acquisition s of Inland by Opta Minerals and Lorton's (see note 2). (e) G ain on s ale of assets For the year ended December 29, 2012, the gain on sale of assets comprise d an insurance recovery that was in excess of the carrying amount of the insured assets. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company completed the sale of land, buildings and processing equipment located in Mexico for proceeds of $5,650. The Company recorded a gain on sale of $2,872, after deducting the carrying value of the assets and related transaction costs.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9 -Article 5 + Details
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