Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 Excerp from this front-page article titled " Canada's inspection of food under fire " in one of Toronto's three most popular paper's: << Toronto Star Feb 7, 2001 Canada's inspection of food under fire Federal system `is not good enough,' Ottawa watchdog finds Tim Harper OTTAWA BUREAU Denis Desautels, in his final report on government waste and mismanagement, found the Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs to hire as many as 500 more inspectors. He said Canadian-produced meat that is rejected for export to the United States can be marketed in Canada because there are lower standards here for pathogens such as salmonella and E. coli. Only poultry is tested in Canada for pathogens. Although that claim led to charges from the Canadian Health Coalition that Ottawa is not even testing for mad cow disease, Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief told the House of Commons no meat unfit for export is marketed here. [...] `The agency is not regulating for the presence of pathogens in food, including the mad cow infection agent (bovine spongiform encephalopathy),'' said Mike McBane of the Canadian Health Coalition. ``There could be mad cow out there and we're not even looking for it because the (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) is not equipped to deal with food safety. >> The whole thing: http://www.torontostar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename= thestar/Layout/Article_Type1 & c=Article & cid=981520235170 & call_page=TS_Canada & call_pageid=968332188774 & call_pagepath=News/Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 Exerpt from http://www.upperworld.com/en/news/article.php?id=103 : " The Coalition denounced the uncontrolled use of hormones, antibiotics, endocrine disruptors and other agro-chemicals found in meats. European researchers added that the presence of these substances in Canadian animal food products poses a real potential risk of secondary effects on human health. The group of experts maintains that the Canadian process for detecting contaminated meat does not allow for the detection of epidemics which can spread throughout the population such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, more commonly know as " Mad Cow Disease " . The Canadian Minister of Agriculture has not commented on this subject and according to the European group, he is even suspected of concealing the matter. " More news on www.upperworld.com Anthony Wong [anthony] 8 février, 2001 01:42 Canada's inspection of food under fire Excerp from this front-page article titled " Canada's inspection of food under fire " in one of Toronto's three most popular paper's: << Toronto Star Feb 7, 2001 Canada's inspection of food under fire Federal system `is not good enough,' Ottawa watchdog finds Tim Harper OTTAWA BUREAU Denis Desautels, in his final report on government waste and mismanagement, found the Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs to hire as many as 500 more inspectors. He said Canadian-produced meat that is rejected for export to the United States can be marketed in Canada because there are lower standards here for pathogens such as salmonella and E. coli. Only poultry is tested in Canada for pathogens. Although that claim led to charges from the Canadian Health Coalition that Ottawa is not even testing for mad cow disease, Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief told the House of Commons no meat unfit for export is marketed here. [...] `The agency is not regulating for the presence of pathogens in food, including the mad cow infection agent (bovine spongiform encephalopathy),'' said Mike McBane of the Canadian Health Coalition. ``There could be mad cow out there and we're not even looking for it because the (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) is not equipped to deal with food safety. >> The whole thing: http://www.torontostar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename= thestar/Layout/Article_Type1 & c=Article & cid=981520235170 & call_page=TS_Canada & call_pageid=968332188774 & call_pagepath=News/Canada Post message: Subscribe: - Un: - List owner: -owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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