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October 4, 2007 – 7:23 pmIf Canadian cattle or chickens or pigs get sick, the public is told all about it. If Canadian people get sick, not so much.
http://foodsafety.ksu.edu/en/article-details.php?a=3&c=32&sc=419&id=963
Like the salmonella in fruit salad outbreak from summer 2006, in which 41 culture-confirmed Salmonella serotype Oranienburg infections were diagnosed in persons in 10 northeastern U.S. states and one Canadian province. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports in a summary report today that the culprit was likely cantaloupe, served in fruit salad in health care facilities.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5639a3.htm?s_cid=mm5639a3_e
As Ben Chapman and I have written (left, not exactly as shown) it’s not the first time Canadians have been told about food safety problems in Canada by U.S. authorities. But you know all those folks at Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada and that Canadian Food Inspection Agency are very important and busy people.
http://foodsafety.ksu.edu/en/article-details.php?a=3&c=32&sc=419&id=863
But there are a couple of areas where Canadians shine.
Hundreds can be sickened […]
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=21747
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