Manitoba family finds a needle in roast beef during dinner

[grassfarmer]

"We have the best food safety system in the world!"

Must be drinking too much Koolaid on the Koolranch!
What have you got as evidence to back up that claim - the XL fiasco?

[KoolRanch55]

This is more of a crop-based example…but here you go:

"Canada’s food safety system is one of the best in the world"

The Windsor Star’s article on Dr. Shiv Chopra’s “food safety” presentations may have needlessly caused some readers unnecessary concern by drawing unfounded conclusions about Canada’s food production system.

For Dr. Chopra to declare that “Canadian food is the most toxic on Earth” is irresponsible and preposterous. I am confident that any rational consumer will see the absurdity of such a statement.

Canada’s food safety system is one of the best in the world due in no small part to its well-respected science-based regulatory system.

Pesticides and genetically modified crops are helping us fight pests and diseases, grow more food on a limited land base and help people access healthier, affordable food.

Canadians have never lived longer, healthier lives. Take life expectancy in the 1950s as an example where the average female lived to 71. Today, on average, women can expect to live to 82.

Yet, it seems like Chopra wants to roll back the clock to the “good old days” when farming practices were more damaging to the soil, yields were up to 50 per cent less, and humans lived much shorter lives. Is this rational?

Overall cancer rates continue to decline year after year.

We have year-round access to a tremendous variety of foods with known health benefits, and we spend less of our disposable income on food than at any time in our history. This sounds like a country to be proud of.

Chopra’s comments about Canada’s food system will only put consumers at greater risk by brewing unwarranted fears and having unintended consequences of making poor food choices like skipping fruit and vegetable consumption.

Consumers should feel confident that the products used to grow our safe and abundant food supply have been thoroughly assessed for safety.

TED MENZIES, President, CropLife Canada, Ottawa