Food processing staff need protection
Ottawa, April 17 2020 - Federal and provincial authorities have been slow to safeguard inspection, veterinarian, and production staff who work in the food industry in Canada in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, in spite of the strategic importance of this industry according to the Agriculture Union which represents inspectors who work for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
“There is a patchwork of standards that leave people who work in these plants exposed to infections that could result undermine food security for Canadians,” says Fabian Murphy, President of the Agriculture Union.