By SARAH SCHMIDT, Canwest News Service
June 3, 2010
Sharpened focus on food safety in Canada in the wake of the 2008 listeriosis crisis, the quality of the country's food-safety system remains essentially unchanged, a newly published ranking concludes.
Overall, Canada nudged up a spot in the international food-safety rankings of 17 countries to tie the United States for fourth spot and to earn accolades as "one of the best-performing countries" in the 2010 Food Safety Performance World Ranking study.
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