Almost two years after 22 elderly Canadians died from eating Maple Leaf deli meats, the Canadian government has decided to remind Canadians of the importance of food safety for older adults.

Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency tell older Canadians they should separate, clean, chill and cook, and make sure to cook hot dogs and deli meats until they are steaming hot before eating them.

The best the 6-figure bureaucrats who came up with this – and there were many – could do was borrow piping hot from the U.K.?

So is that standard advice now for aged-care facilities across Canada, where the staff dieticians were completely clueless about the potential for deli-meats to be contaminated with listeria? Is this Maple Leaf-sanctioned advice? Will it appear on warning labels for vulnerable populations, including pregnant women?