The environmental health officers are working with small operators and people applying for temporary or permanent food establishment permits to ensure the food they provide is safe. Providing for locally sourced meat products will require revisions to the Public Health Act and regulations, and it may require other regulations or amendments to be done, regulations and legislation that might exist in other departments, like ENR, Lands or ITI, so we would need to work with those departments to ensure that any sales or distribution of locally harvested foods is safe for the residents when it involves for sale.
Glen Abernethy on Question 743-18(2): Traditional Harvesting Food Inspection
In the Legislative Assembly on May 25th, 2017. See this statement in context.
Question 743-18(2): Traditional Harvesting Food Inspection
Oral Questions
May 24th, 2017
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