Ottawa wanted U.S. to accept more lenient meat inspection regime

Political | 354 hits | Aug 29 3:41 pm | Posted by: lily

OTTAWA — The Canadian government strongly opposed tougher U.S. rules to prevent listeria and lobbied the United States to accept Canada's more lenient standards, internal documents reveal. Specifically, Canada opposed daily inspection visits and the testi

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by sandorski
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:03 am
Good thing the US didn't. Reasonable levels of Inspection/Regulation is the only way to ensure Food Safety.
by robmik43
Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:02 pm
Yes...we also might have liked the USA to stop
pretending it had no cases of Mad Cow a few years ago,
rather than their using the highly effective
backhoe-and-quicklime "who....me ?" technique.
by Robair
Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:26 pm
Nice. I'm sure when it comes to standardizing regulations in the food industry, consumers would rather see the more stringent guidlines accepted.

Nice to see Gery Ritz involved on some level. The guy is a moron.
by ridenrain
Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:49 pm
However, it does not appear those higher U.S. standards were enough to prevent the current outbreak.

Can we look at using radiation now?

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