Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Listeria continues to be a problem for Canadians

As I stated in my September 5th letter, Canadians should be able to rely on government to keep their food safe. Nothing is 100% safe, but we also shouldn't have to worry a lot either. Here's what a group of physicians are saying in the Canadian Medical Association Journal:
"Listeria is the biological agent, cold cuts the vector, but the ultimate cause may be found in risky government decisions."
The editorial, signed by several doctors and journal editors, states that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has reversed much of the progress previous governments made in relation to public health."Full article

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