Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to be back at this committee and to talk about this bill.
Let me say, on the first order, that natural health products are an extremely important part of the choices Canadians have as they make choices about their health and the products they wish to consume, but, as with all other products, it is essential that we make sure they're safe. We can recall a tube of lipstick or a head of lettuce, but this bill would gut our ability to recall natural health products.
Folks, this is a cuckoo bananas bill, with all due respect. Let me just give you an example. The U.S. FDA detected the presence of filth, including animal feces, coloured fibres, white paint chips, white material, plastic-adhering products—