Posted AT 7:30 PM EST on 28/08/08
Government backs off claim inspectors spend half their time on site
OTTAWA — The federal government is backing away from previous assurances that its health inspectors spend at least half their time doing on-site physical inspections at meat processing plants across the country.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made the claim this week, in the face of a deadly listeriosis outbreak linked to a Maple Leaf Foods processing plant in Toronto.
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