Canadian Consumers Need Transparency

October 9th - Sylvain Charlebois MCS faculty member comments on food safety systems in Canada. Article featured in the Ottawa Citizen. In the wake of the XL Foods tainted meat outbreak, the general consensus among politicians and union leaders is that Canada should retain the services of more federal inspectors in order to elevate the quality of our food safety systems, arguing that this is only way to effectively reduce the number of future outbreaks. It is a message Canadians can easily comprehend, which is why it has received considerable airplay over the last few years.