XL Foods inspectors did 'terrific job up to this point'

If Gerry has his mouth open, you can bet it's bullshit.

Perhaps now they will stop feeding corn to cattle? And I hope the media stops calling it 'Alberta Beef'. XL Foods processes 1/3 of all cattle sold in Canada and many are from Northern U.S. States, as well as the western provinces.

Not just Alberta.

Maybe they're just following along with the premier:

Seems to me I've been hearing the term Alberta beef for a long time. Guess now that it's been shown to be tainted, you all want to disassociate yourself from it. You want to quibble that's it's "Alberta processed beef" that's fine, but the problem arises in Alberta. How about "Alberta E. coli"?

That's the fault of the media, not Alberta beef producers; that you hear the term but don't realize XL Foods slaughters and processes more then just beef from Alberta. I've become very concious of my food, and where it's produced; so, no I don't want to dissociate myself from the excellent beef Alberta Ranchers and farmers produce.

I do want to dissociate Alberta grain and grass fed beef from the corn and meat by-product fed, hormone and antibiotic injected stuff produced in some other regions. Because it's slaughtered and butchered here, doesn't mean it meets our quality standards.

And, e. coli is natural in cattle. Corn feeding increases the intensity of the bacteria. How it's slaughtered and butchered matters to if it contaminates the exterior of the meat. It's not relevant to name it 'Alberta E.coli'.

Harper wants cows fed on corn syrup. He's a shill for the corn syrup industry.

Tory deregulation and budget cuts at work. Now the buck-passing to blame the bureaucrats and underlings is underway. What, no "death from a thousand cold-cuts" jokes this time around?

E-Coli has nothing to do with the quality of the Beef itself, just the Processing of it.