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Letter of the day: Keeping meat safe
Deli meat is sliced in a Montreal store in 2008.
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Re: Union airs meat-inspection fears (Aug. 11). The top priority of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency remains food safety, and Canadians should be aware that regardless of who is inspecting or where food is processed, our end goal remains to produce safe meat.
All meat produced in Canada -- whether in federally or provincially inspected plants -- must meet the safety requirements of the federal Food and Drugs Act.
Canada has always had federal and provincial inspection systems, and the assertion provincially inspected meat is somehow less safe is wrong.
The main purpose of federal inspection is to enable meat for sale through exports and interprovincial trade due to federal jurisdiction in these areas.
The CFIA will continue to deliver all inspection services for federally registered plants, and, as of 2014, all provincial inspection services will be delivered by provincial authorities.
During this transition, we are ensuring all needed training and guidance is provided so meat inspection systems in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan continue to meet Canada's stringent and well-recognized food safety requirements.
CATHERINE AIRTH
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ottawa
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 12, 2011 A13
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