The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which has insisted there is no evidence of the virus in B.C., ordered an audit of the lab in November, 2011, which found “potential for cross-contamination.” It recommended the OIE order an independent audit, which found the lab “fell well short of acceptable quality standards” and recommended suspension of its reference laboratory status. The OIE world delegates did so on June 13. Dr. Kibenge, who in 2011 had told of his findings before the Cohen Commission, a federal inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in B.C., was not available for comment on Wednesday. However, he told The Globe and Mail in November, 2012, he believed the CFIA pushed for the audits because his findings were inconvenient. “What they are doing here is essentially punishing me for having testified at the Cohen Commission and trying to suppress the findings … ,” he said. “It’s an attack on my credibility.” No one from neither the CFIA nor OIE responded to interview requests on Wednesday. However, an unofficial spokesperson for the CFIA said the credentials were removed as a result of the OIE’s independent audit.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 07:10:40 +0000
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