American food safety checks have nearly stopped now that the FDA has been cut so bad|y. They can’t even follow up on investigating reports anymore.
Why are we importing and allowing dangerous foods to be sold here?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236
Food imported into Canada still has to pass our regulations and inspections. We don’t let it slide just because the US government does.
This. Canada’s food standards have always been leaps and bounds ahead of the states, and we won’t sell American food that doesn’t meet Canadian standards.
That said, fuck Trump and the US right now (sorry to those of you that are along for the ride) and look for Canadian alternatives anyway.
When we import food/drug manufacturing equipment we often accept American certifications as compliant with Canadian standards. If a company can say they are compliant FDA or NSF while facing no risk of facing an actual inspection/audit then we may have to exercise more scrutiny ourselves.
I’m not sure how accurate this is, but from https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/can-canada-still-trust-u-s-food-safety
The implication being that they can inspect produce already certified safe by the FDA and that they will do so if they consider it necessary.
Whether or not they’re already determined that’s the case (vs still thinking about it), well…
It’s bigger, as it’s not just food safety at risk, but medication and medical device safety is at risk too, as explained in https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/amid-deep-cuts-to-the-us-fda-experts-warn-canadians-could-lose-vital-safety-information/
Same with Mexico, who hasn’t considered USDA guidelines sufficient for ages. There’s articles from 2008 and before about it, and it took super heavy threats from the US to force them to accept some of our trash quality produce (GMO, beef, etc).