Advance warnings negate benefits of inspections: It seems that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is giving egg producers an easy ride when it comes to inspections. A blogger has posted that the CFIA gives as much as two weeks notice. Some producers have used this time to clean up and get their hen-houses in order. [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/04/17/media-update-for-april-17-2011/
More reasons for strong regulatory enforcement: Most Canadians don’t realize that we actually have a pretty poor record of regulatory enforcement. And by enforcement, I mean inspecting regulated industries and holding them accountable for breaches of law and regulation. The problem, you see, is that it’s all well and good to have tough laws. But [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/04/09/media-update-for-april-9-2011/
Most people remember the 2008 listeriosis outbreak which killed 23 Canadians, and many will recall that part of the reason it happened was because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency had delegated most inspection duties to the meat packers. Government inspectors were just responsible for making sure that a system of inspection was in place – [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/02/08/media-update-for-february-8-2011/