(T)he newly validated Harper government unaccountably seems to feel empowered to quietly continue along its path of incrementally dismantling the regulatory structures of the federal government. Amazingly, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, busier than ever before considering the aforementioned flashpoints, has decided to kill a program designed to stop companies from making outrageous claims on labels, along with purveying incomplete nutritional and ingredient information to consumers.
Although Ritz's office has claimed there will be no changes to existing label requirements, from now on it will be up to the "marketplace" to determine whether companies "are meeting health and safety, and consumer-protection obligations." That is, he's moving to a self-policing system.
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