There's growing concern over the Harper government's decision to close its food inspection lab in St. John's, as a union official says the decision could delay the inspection of seafood exported from this province.
Until now, samples of seafood exported from this province went through the St. John's lab.
They will now have to be shipped to a lab in Dartmouth, N.S., instead.
Fabian Murphy — vice-president of the Public Service Alliance's agriculture union, which represents the lab workers — warns that with a shelf life of 48 hours, samples may not always make it to Nova Scotia in time.
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