Not so.
A friend has sent me this from the Egg Farmers of Ontario's regulations:
Section 8, page 71 - Invitation to Tender
16. It is the policy of the Board that any Grading Station which tenders eggs to the Board and at t he same time, is importing eggs or is handling imported eggs for the shell market, will not have their tender accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the Board concerning such imports. Failure to comply with this policy may result in the board refusing to accept a tender from such Grading Station, for a period of four weeks.
This being the case, why doesn't Egg Farmers of Ontario check the grading stations that declare heavy surpluses in early January, after they have obtained U.S. eggs on supplementary import permits?
The egg board has the power under Section 7, on page 64, to inspect documents and records of grading stations. Under that power it could also independently check the accuracy of allegations that undergrades have been sold as Grade A eggs.
Maybe Harry Pelissero doesn't want to know. Nor, I expect, would L.H. Gray and Son Ltd. and Burnbrae Farms welcome egg board snooping in their records. Then, again, the egg board feted Joe Hudson during a recent annual meeting.
But, back to the OMAFRA stone-walling; what do you think we ought to do to the Commission? You know, the one that refuses to launch an inquiry into the egg industry. And the chairman who never, ever, answered my calls about the regulations just cited.
