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Brandon-Souris Conservative MP Merv Tweed is acting recklessly, putting his community members’ health at risk. He is supporting legislation that will reduce food safety oversight and make major cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Canadians remember the devastating impact on many families from deaths caused by the Listeriosis outbreaks.
We know that more needs to be done to protect consumers, but in a callous and misguided move the Conservatives are making the problem worse. They have decided to cut food inspectors and eliminate programs designed to proactively identify unsafe meat and other food products.
Bowing to industry pressure, Conservatives are also eliminating enforcement of product labelling in spite of widespread violations.
Consumers will now be responsible for determining whether companies’ claims about nutritional information, such as levels of cholesterol, sodium and sugar, are true. For those with serious health conditions like peanut allergies or diabetes, false claims could prove deadly.
Waiting for Canadians to get sick is not a food safety strategy.
Liberals are opposing these cuts because Canadians deserve to know that food they buy at the grocery store is safe and that manufacturers’ health claims are true.
I encourage Mr. Tweed to reverse his reckless position and put Canadians’ health first.
FRANK VALERIOTE, MP
Liberal party critic
for agriculture
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 1, 2012
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Brandon-Souris Conservative MP Merv Tweed is acting recklessly, putting his community members’ health at risk. He is supporting legislation that will reduce food safety oversight and make major cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Canadians remember the devastating impact on many families from deaths caused by the Listeriosis outbreaks.
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Brandon-Souris Conservative MP Merv Tweed is acting recklessly, putting his community members’ health at risk. He is supporting legislation that will reduce food safety oversight and make major cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Canadians remember the devastating impact on many families from deaths caused by the Listeriosis outbreaks.
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