Unfit for export to Japan but fit for Canadians, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
“I was shocked that the CFIA would give that kind of direction. No product should go out of the plant that’s unsafe,” said Doug O’Halloran, president of United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 401.
“I just don’t understand the logic that it’s OK for products that are not good enough for Japan to be processed and sold in Canada.”
He said that sort of contamination includes fecal matter and intestinal content, but the most dangerous was the spinal cord matter, which can affect the human brain.
Pass the vegetables.
[H/t Alberta Rabbit]