I don't know why we allow it, because it's certifiably foolish. The thought that a factory in Canada could manufacture one type of meat for export to the U.S. and the same type of meat--same flavour, same cuts--that are consumed in Canada, and that these two packages could contain different amounts of bacteria, the American one zero per 25 grams, the Canadian one 2,500 per 25 grams, has no rational explanation. It's a total abdication of health protection in this area. Let me be clear: it is foolish.
It will have to be changed. I hope it is going to be changed very soon. The people who are most susceptible to listeriosis--Dr. Wilson can elaborate on this--are those who are elderly or those who are immuno-suppressed. Those are vulnerable persons in our population, and they ought not to be placed at risk in this manner.