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Listeriosis Outbreak
Listeriosis moved to the back burner, access to info requests withheld
(UPDATE: January 2009)
Federal scientists demand end to self-policing in food industry
(Ottawa Citizen, Nov.3, 2008)
Lawyer in Maple Leaf lawsuit says death toll could be higher
(CBC News, Oct. 22, 2008)
Policy change delayed alarm signal over listeria, inspectors say
(CBC News, Oct. 6, 2008)
Listeriosis bacteria found at Toronto plant
(Globe and Mail, Oct. 9, 2008)
Food safety revamp began under Liberals
(Ottawa Citizen, Oct. 9, 2008)
PMO's orders during tainted-meat crisis caught Ritz off guard
(Globe and Mail, Sept. 29, 2008)
Agency waited 5 days to issue recall
(Globe and Mail, Sept. 27, 2008)
Harper's claim of 200 new food inspectors not true
(Globe and Mail, Sept. 25, 2008)
Review points to holes in CFIA food safety system
(CBC News, Sept. 24, 2008)
Food alarms rang in 2005
(Toronto Star, Sept. 24, 2008)
Shifting to food industry self-monitoring may be hazardous
(CMAJ, September 16, 2008)
Conservatives' pro-industry approach compromises food safety
(Globe and Mail, Aug. 22, 2008)
More than a joke
(Globe and Mail, September 19, 2008)
Ritz sorry for 'tasteless' Listeria comments
(CTV News, September 17, 2008)
Medical Journal demands listeriosis inquiry
(Ottawa Citizen, September 17, 2008)
Walkerton Mayor calls for public inquiry into listeriosis outbreak
(Canadian Press, August 29, 2008)
Ottawa wanted U.S. to accept more lenient meat inspection
(Globe and Mail, August 29, 2008)
A question of Timing
(Globe and Mail, August 26, 2008)
Food inspection agency expands self-policing
(Ottawa Citizen, August 29, 2008)
What's in your sandwich? Listeria isn't the only risk
(Globe and Mail, August 29, 2008)
Meat inspectors overloaded under new system: union
(Ottawa Citizen, August 27, 2008)
Critic's blast Clement's absence
(Globe and Mail, August 26, 2008)
CFIA employee fired for blowing the whistle
on department's deregulation scheme
Conservatives' pro-industry approach compromises food safety
(Globe and Mail, August 22, 2008)
Ritz praises public servant for outing whistleblower
(Globe and Mail, August 23, 2008)
Food for (restricted) thought
(Globe and Mail, August 27, 2008)
Food inspection worker fired for what he found on shared computer (Globe and Mail, July 9, 2008)
Food must be safe
(Ottawa Citizen, July 16, 2008)
Union launches campaign for fired inspection agency worker
(Ottawa Citizen, July 24, 2008)
Allowing food industry to police itself dangerous, experts say
(Ottawa Citizen, July 12, 2008)
Playing with our food (Ottawa Citizen, July 16, 2008)
Whistleblower right to speak out about threat to food safety (Vancouver Sun, July 11, 2008)
Federal scientist fired over leaked food inspection memo (Vancouver Sun, July 8, 2008)
NEW WEBSITE: Food Safety First
(www.foodsafetyfirst.ca, September 2008)
Leaked 'Strategic Review' Document
Government Talking Points
Memo to Employees
Climate Change Health Impacts Report to get 'low-profile' release
Globe and Mail (July 23, 2008)
Click here to download the report
Action Alert on Bill C-51
SMART REGULATION = DEREGULATION
Proposed safety rules lack preventative measures, critics say
Globe and Mail (February 19, 2008)
Cost to label genetic food is overblown
Just $28 million a year: Quebec study
87% want to know if food contains GMOs
Montreal Gazette (March 2007)
Fertilizer approved but debate persists
Globe and Mail (February 2007)
Processed meat linked to stomach cancer
CBC News (August 2006)
Government misinformation about
Mad Cow Disease needs clearing up
Health Coalition calls for action on Mad Cow disease
MAD COW DISEASE ARCHIVE
Alarm over beef link to
breast cancer
Press Release | Download the new report JULY 2006
DANGEROUS DRUGS IN CANADIAN MEAT ARCHIVE
FRANKENSTEER
CBC Television's The Passionate Eye, 2005
Health Canada unable to ensure product safety JULY 2006
More scandal at the CFIA:
Meat inspector's rigorous standards led to beef with bosses MAY 2006
THIS Magazine Exposé
Canadian Government and
Food Biotechnology Industry
Collusion Exposed
THIS Magazine Feature By Lyle Stewart
GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD ARCHIVE
Officials knew in 1981 of hepatitis test
PESTICIDE EXPOSURE:
A (brain-damaged) canary in the coal mine ?
CBC News 2006
PEI's Perfect Potato: An Environmental Hazard?
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
A Failed Experiment
Download the 1999 report prepared by the
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
Download Report | Download Press Release
TRANSITION = ABDICATION
A Citizens’ Guide to Health Canada's
Health Protection Branch Transition
Canadian Health Coalition, October 1998
Unmasking our shaky health keeper's image
Ken Rubin/The Hill Times, May 2003
Food and Drugs Act 'needs overhaul':
'External Forces' gut safety system, documents reveal
February 2001
Deregulation Factsheet: Ottawa Washes its
Hands of Food Safety Duties
Canadian Health Coalition, April 2001
Health Canada to Push For Irradiated Foods
Click to read the report by Ralph Nadar's Public Citizen
Click to read the report by CBC Marketplace
Safety First: Women and Health Protection
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health, 2003
Global Health is a Human Right!:
A Civil Society Common Platform for Action
on HIV/AIDS and Global Health
SARS: Ottawa Missing in Action
The Absence of Federal Leadership on SARS
1994 Warning of New Diseases 'Sat on Shelf'
SARS: A Costly Error
Civil Servant Gets Hearing
Canadian Media, September 2003
WHO Advises Farmers to cut Antibiotic use
Toronto Star, August 2003
Important Notice About Type 1 Diabetes
from INFACT Canada
June 2002
Federal Court orders "gag" be lifted
on Health Canada scientists
Federal Court of Canada, 2001
Deregulation, Self-Regulation and Inadequate Regulation:
The Manipulation of Food Safety
Presentation to the Canadian Labour Congress
Mid-Term Conference on Food Safety and Public Health
by John Verrall of the UK Food Ethics Committee
April 2001
Risky Food: Profits Before Health?
Presentation to the Agri-Food Outlook Conference by
Canadian Health Coalition Coordinator Michael McBane
March 2001
Health Canada Exposing Babies to Risk
Canadian Health Coalition / INFACT Canada, 1999
The Future of Food: Two Paths
Presentation to the Canadian Health Coalition
Conference on Food Safety and Public Health by
John Verrall of the UK Food Ethics Committee
October 1999
Health Protection Branch:
A Very Nasty Business
Canadian Health Coalition, November 1998
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