CANADA: Conservatives hide food safety cuts, risk health and safety - (Liberal.ca)
August 20, 2008 – 12:06 amOTTAWA — After two days of meetings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, the Conservative government has yet to reveal the contents of its secret plan to cut the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Liberal critics Dr. Carolyn Bennett and Wayne Easter said today.
This government has been caught cutting programs at the expense of food safety and it hasnt got the courage to admit what its doing, said Dr. Bennett, Liberal Public Health Critic. But we do know that cutting back on food inspection and handing it over to industry strikes at the heart of public concerns of truth in labelling, public health and public safety and opens the door to dangers such as BSE and Avian Influenza - dangers we know are out there.
Government officials appearing before the committee refused repeated requests from MPs to confirm that the plan was produced. Media reports earlier this year say the plan, […]
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