Having identified this previously unknown risk, we believe we have--and this is important to the memory of those...and to those families who have lost loved ones--prevented, to a large extent, this type of scenario from unfolding again in the future.
The measures that have been introduced from April 1 include mandatory environmental testing within the HACCP plans conducted by industry. There is mandatory reporting of those results, on a daily basis, or on review by our staff. When those samples are submitted to a private accredited lab, a positive sample is also directly notified to CFIA by the accredited lab. There is the reintroduction of environmental testing by CFIA at a greater frequency than we had been doing previously. Over and above that, there is the continuation, at a greater frequency, of end product testing both by government and by industry.