The year opened with another case of Mad Cow but it was lost in a tsunami of other tainted food announcements – tainted spinach, tainted carrot juice, tainted lettuce, tainted onions and a MapleLeaf Ham recall. Meanwhile, some fat cats in British Columbia found themselves crying a river when a “Pineapple Express” flooded their high end properties. Sadly, just when it looks like candy is the only safe foodstuff, Hershey discovers Salmonilla poisoning in one of its main Canadian plants.
In a related story: Canadians rate of obesity has slowed for the first time since they started tracking the trend. That is not to say we are losing weight, just getting fatter at a slower rate.