Policy Options: Food protection agency’s approach to chronic wasting disease is immoral

Posted on: October 4th, 2021 by webmaster

Agency responsible for protecting Canada’s food supply must stop releasing untested meat for human consumption from CWD-affected facilities.

When people are exposed to meat that could be contaminated with chronic wasting disease (CWD), there’s a risk for the development of human cases of CWD. This meat should not be permitted into the human food chain. But recent reports raise questions about whether the government agencies responsible for protecting our food supply are taking the right approach. […]

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