This should make everyone feel all warm and fuzzy about Canadian farmers: according to a new poll (which is nonsensical anyway) Canadian producers think governments overreact to food safety .jpg)
incidences and overburden them with rules to prevent the spread of diseases on their farms.
Sarah Schmidt of Postmedia News reports that a summary of the focus groups led by Ekos Research Associates Inc. on behalf of Agriculture Canada said,
"Those who were being most affected by these measures felt that governments and retail industry giants had overreacted in the face of mad cow and other food safety incidences, as well as bowing to pressure from the United States and other countries."
This from the country – that would be Canada — that initially resisted the ruminant protein in ruminant feed ban in 1996, had lousy enforcement of said ban, leading to 15 or so cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy over the past decade, and was so delusional about the potential for listeria in cold cuts that it created an outbreak climate culminating in 22 deaths in 2008.
Further, "consumers do not have sufficient basic information about agricultural products. And if they did, they would be more likely to buy 
Canadian and to buy products grown locally.”
I get that other countries can cut corners and flood the market, and labeling is confusing, but stop whining. Tell retailers about your fabulous food safety programs and standards. Market your Canadian product and back it up with food safety data, not some nostalgic allegiance to maple syrup and beavertails.
information like geographic location, date of onset and other public health basics that may limit additional illnesses is being withheld. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will only say it “is aware of an E. coli O157:H7 illness outbreak in Ontario.”
per cent of respondents saying they make an effort to buy locally-grown and produced food.
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and I think in this case, certainly it could always be worse and we try to make a better system as we move forward."
corporate luncheon on June 26 at the company’s branch in Fairfax, Virginia, had developed gastrointestinal illness (Centres for Disease Control, 1997). On July 11, the health department was notified that a stool specimen from one of the employees who attended the luncheon was positive for Cyclospora oocysts. Many others tested positive. It was subsequently revealed in a July 19, 1997, Washington Post story citing local health department officials that basil and pesto from four Sutton Place Gourmet stores around Washington D.C. was the source of cyclospora for 126 people who attended at least 19 separate events where Sutton Place basil products were served, from small dinner parties and baby showers to corporate gatherings (Masters, 1997a). Of the 126, 30 members of the National Symphony Orchestra became sick after they ate box lunches provided by Sutton Place at Wolf Trap Farm Park.
cool pesto crunch (it was a chef showoff fundraiser), but can’t identify the ingredient, I’m leaning towards the basil.
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of a boil water advisory and that a suspected agent in the increase of diarrheal cases was E. coli O157:H7.
actually on May 24, 1819, although the long weekend in May to celebrate the start of summer – when youngsters insist on camping and it’s freezing and wet – falls on the Monday either on or before May 24.
wieners into hot dog buns, possibly cross-contaminating the wieners with any number of pathogenic microorganisms such as E. coli O157:H7, salmonella or listeria, and subsequently served to parents and children.
government has decided to remind Canadians of the importance of food safety for older adults.
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Canada. He was front and center last time. How about the Canadian Food Inspection Agency? What about the Public Health Agency of Canada or Health Canada?