(In Canada) NFU Releases Analysis of Seed Crop Inspection Privatization (Saskatoon, Sept. 23, 2013)-- "The federal government plans to privatize Seed Field Crop Inspection in 2014, ending an 85-year history of government inspection in Canada. The 2012 federal budget directed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to privatize seed field crop inspection services which underpin Canada’s pedigreed seed system. Today, the National Farmers Union (NFU) released its analysis of this scheme. "Privatization of seed field crop inspection will increase inspection costs for seed growers, but more importantly, will introduce conflicts of interest, inefficiencies, unfairness and discrimination. The public service provided by the CFIA is about to be transformed into a private revenue-generating activity that will maximize benefits to a few global agribusiness corporations. Above all, privatization will severely undermine, if not destroy, the integrity of Canada’s pedigreed seed system..."
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:53:42 +0000
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