GUELPH, Ont. – The most recent massive recall at Alberta-based XL Foods is the last thing the Canadian beef industry needed, especially as it supplies 40% of all beef consumed domestically.
This incident may yet again damage the industry's already fragile image, particularly considering the USDA may have discovered the outbreak before our own CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency).
As consumers are questioning their relationship with their steak or hamburgers, the beef industry in Canada continues to work to recover from the 2003 Mad Cow crisis. Given the potential impact of this recent incident, it may never recover.
On May 20, 2003, international borders were closed to the importing of Canadian beef almost immediately following the announcement that mad cow disease had shown up in an Alberta Black Angus breeder cow.
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