Stephen Harper's Canada - Worse Than China II

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On yesterday's (Sept 24/08) Pacific time zone version of CBC Radio One's World Report there was considerable discussion about Canadian Food Inspection Agency issues that arose from a 2005 internal review that has received some play in both the 'lectronic and the print media.

But one story that has gotten very little play is one from foreign correspondent Anthony (notsosaintly)Germain who reported that doctors in China had warned officials about the coming tainted milk scandal beforehand.

Hmmmmmm.....

Where have we heard about that before?

Ah, yes, here it is (again), straight from the Canadian Medical Association Journal:

"And listeriosis may be the least of it. The same November 2007 Cabinet decision that handed self-inspection to the owners of meat plants did the same for operators of animal feed mills and cut back the avian influenza preparedness program. Yet bad animal feed led to the epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalitis (mad cow disease), and in an influenza pandemic tens of thousands of Canadians may die. Listeriosis pales in comparison. Overall, it would seem that, as a country, Canada is far less prepared now for epidemics than in the past......"


There is a difference between the two situations, however.....

Which is that the Chinese Minister responsible for food safety no longer has his job.

OK?

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