Fix Canada's Food Safety System Before It's Too Late
Target:Prime Minister Harper and the House of Commons Committee on Agriculture Sponsored by:Food Safety First
One year after 22 Canadians died from tainted Maple Leaf Foods cold cuts, the federal government has finally stepped forward and made a new investment in food safety. Government safety inspectors will now have more of the resources they need to verify that factories which produce cold cuts and other ready-to-eat meat products are following safety rules.
But other inspection programs remain woefully and dangerously understaffed.
For example, there are only two consumer protection inspectors covering all retail food stores in the entire City of Toronto! And the inspection programs for fish processing and slaughter establishments are almost as short staffed, posing real and significant public health risks.
Before we have another food poisoning outbreak that claims more victims, please ask Prime Minister Harper to fix the food safety deficit. We need more inspectors and less industry self-policing when it comes to safety.
We took action on “Fix Canada's Food Safety System Before It's Too Late”:
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12:02 pm PST, Nov 21,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
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7:09 am PST, Nov 21,Selina Schecroun, Virginia
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10:28 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
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12:00 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
In the end, it is far less expensive to pay for the proper number of staff to do a good job, than it is to pay for lawsuits that the government will have to help fund.
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7:38 am PST, Nov 20,Stephen Weatherby, Georgia
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7:36 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
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9:22 am PST, Nov 19,Andrea Sparling, Canada
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7:55 am PST, Nov 6,Name not displayed, Canada
In the end, it is far less expensive to pay for the proper number of staff to do a good job, than it is to pay for lawsuits that the government will have to help fund.
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11:41 pm PST, Nov 5,Kim Hanen, Canada
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8:42 pm PST, Nov 5,Philip Emmanuel Aubry, Canada
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9:03 am PST, Nov 5,Christopher-Peter: Maingot, Canada
Dr Tewolde Egziabher, Chief Biosafety Negotiator for the Africa Group and the Like-Minded Group, was denied a visa, without explanation, by Canada to attend the meeting on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety http://www.cbd.int/biosafety/
Labeling of bulk exports of genetically modified (GM) food, and liability and redress for damage caused to health and the environment by GM, will be decided in the Montreal meetings. Dr Egziabher represents the interests of developing countries and also consumers. Unlike the United States and Canada (part of the Miami group) he insists on labeling of all bulk GM commodities (e.g. sacks of grain) and that states exporting GM food must be made legally and financially responsible for any harm caused. He insists on:
a. Clear labeling on all genetically engineered commodities;
b. State liability in cases of damage to the environment and/or human beings arising from products of genetic engineering;
c. Entitlement to full compensation in cases of damage to the environment and/or human beings;
d. Burden of proof of any product of genetic engineering not being the cause of damage resting on the country exporting that product;
e. Venue of litigation and enforcement of judgment being in the country where the damage occurred and not in the country of export."
Information compiled and provided by Christopher-Peter: Maingot; without prejudice, malice aforethought, ill will, vexation, or frivolity.
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9:57 pm PST, Nov 4,Bram Goldwater, Canada
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6:44 pm PST, Nov 4,Heather L. Shugars, Pennsylvania
