Tonio Borg, the European Union’s health commissioner, says
their food is the safest in the world.
It used to be Canadian ministers of agriculture who made
that boast until it became abundantly clear it simply wasn’t true.
And food-safety communications guru Dr. Doug Powell says
Borg is also treading on thin ice.
After all, the European inspectors failed to spot horsemeat
masquerading as beef until the scandal began to break in Ireland, then spread
across the continent.
If they didn’t know their suppliers were spicing beef with
horsemeat, what do they not know about their suppliers’ food-safety practices?
Borg could copy Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz who now
boasts that Canada’s food inspection system and food safety are “among the best
in the world”.
He deceptively never defines how many nations are included
in that “among” term.
