CANADA FOOD COPS
August 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEA RECENT Ontario government review of its meat processing industry has recommended the Canadian province adopt a powerful new agency to enforce food safety, including using armed guards with the authority to arrest. Judge Roland Haines, the official judicial investigator, said the status quo for inspectors does not go far enough. "Investigators are prohibited from carrying firearms, batons or pepper spray. Given the nature of the activities investigated, the instruments utilised to slaughter animals and to process meat, the wisdom of prohibition ...
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