Newly-appointed federal Agriculture Minister Kody Blois is kicking the Canadian Food Inspection Agency into action on long-standing import fraud with chicken imports falsely called spent fowl that skip out of tariffs.
David McGuinty is also involving the Canadian Border Services Agency he oversees.
Chicken Farmers of Canada has complained for years about the fraud and even showed the government how it could use DNA testing to stop it.
At times imports of spent fowl have exceeded the entire United States population of spent fowl.
The imports take Canadian markets that belong to Canadian producersl
“The issue of spent fowl misrepresentation is one that demands decisive action,” said Blois.
“This is fraud and it undermines consumers, our farmers, distorts our markets, and puts Canadian jobs at risk.,” Blois and McGuinty said in a joint news release.
