Food inspection budget cuts for CFIA jeered
By Canadian Cattlemen
The union representing federal food safety inspectors plans to ask Maple Leaf Foods and other processors to lobby for a reversal in proposed cuts to the federal food safety program.
In its 2011-12 report on plans and priorities, a three-year expenditure plan each government department and agency must provide, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it expects to pull back its food safety program spending from $351.5 million in 2011-12 to $330.4 million in 2013-14.
