蒙特利尔居民托马斯·瓦雷斯表示，在有消息称2022年至2024年间有数百万磅德里斯科尔牌浆果从美国被运往加拿大，且这些浆果中的化学残留物含量不符合加拿大标准后，他今后不会再购买该品牌的任何农产品。
Montreal resident Thomas Vares says he won’t buy any Driscoll’s produce anymore, after allegations that millions of its berries were sent between 2022 and 2024 from the United States to Canada with non-compliant levels of chemical residues.
瓦雷斯称，当他看到当地杂货店的货架上堆满了这些浆果时感到十分震惊，并立即向商店提出了投诉；不过他也希望政府能更好地向公众通报相关信息。
Vares says he was shocked to see his local grocer stacked with the containers and complained to the store — but he would have also liked for the government to better inform the public.
“起初我十分震惊，因为我一直完全信任政府的食品检测机制。我们从商店购买的所有食品、水果和蔬菜理应都是安全的，所以我原以为不会出现任何问题，”他说道。
“I was shocked to begin with because I had full confidence in our government testing. All of the foods and fruits and vegetables that we buy at the store. So I expected that there were no issues,” he said.
加拿大食品检验局（CFIA）在接受CBC新闻采访时证实，2022年至2024年间该局对加拿大的德里斯科尔牌浆果进行了多次检测，结果均发现其化学残留物含量不符合标准。
When asked, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed to CBC News it conducted several inspections on Driscoll’s berries in the country between 2022 and 2024 and found non-compliant levels of chemical residues in Canada.
不过该局称，这些检测结果并未导致相关产品被召回，也没有采取任何纠正措施，相关调查随后便告结束。
However, those inspections did not lead to recalls, or a corrective action was implemented and the investigations were closed, the agency said.
德里斯科尔公司表示，他们已调整管控措施以符合加拿大标准，并强调公司从未故意运送被认为不安全的产品。
Driscoll's has said it amended its controls to comply with Canadian standards, adding the company has never knowingly shipped products it believed to be unsafe.
但瓦雷斯认为，加拿大食品检验局本应向民众通报这些浆果的相关情况，这样人们才能在充分了解信息的前提下决定是否购买。
But Vares says the CFIA should’ve advised Canadians about the berries so people could make an informed decision about what they purchase.
“我感到既失望又震惊。我觉得他们本应该把实际情况告知我们，”他说道。
“I was disappointed and shocked. I think they should’ve told us that this was the situation,“ he said.
瓦雷斯现在对加拿大食品检验局是否采取了所有必要措施来确保进口食品的安全产生了疑虑，同时他也对该机构可能面临预算削减表示担忧。
Vares says he now has doubts about whether the CFIA is taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety of imported food and he is concerned about proposed cuts to the agency.
食品安全监管存漏洞，人员岗位面临裁减：今年1月，加拿大联邦政府宣布，作为整体裁员计划的一部分，将裁撤该机构500多个岗位。
Food safety gaps, job cuts In January, the federal government announced it would cut over 500 jobs from the agency as part of its larger workforce reduction strategy.
据代表4000名加拿大食品检验局员工的农业工会透露，截至目前已有约150个岗位被裁撤，其中大部分为负责为检查员提供行政支持的工作人员，被裁撤的检查员人数较少。不过，该工会表示，像瓦雷斯这样的民众确实有理由感到担忧。
According to the Agricultural Union representing 4,000 CFIA employees, approximately 150 positions have been eliminated to date, the majority of which have been administrative support staff for inspectors, and few inspectors themselves.
水果巨头德里斯科尔公司正面临魁北克地区的集体诉讼。有举报人称，大量化学残留超标的德里斯科尔浆果被运往加拿大。该工会指出，CBC新闻于9月下旬报道的这些指控暴露出加拿大食品安全体系存在的漏洞；而当前政府拟实施的预算削减措施将进一步削弱加拿大食品检验局（CFIA）的履职能力，要知道该机构目前的运作规模本就十分有限。
However, the union says there is reason for people like Vares to be concerned. Fruit giant Driscoll's faces class-action lawsuit in Quebec Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels The union says the Driscoll’s allegations, reported by CBC News in late September, reveal gaps in Canada’s food safety system and proposed cuts are chipping away at the capacity of the CFIA to properly do its job, at a time when it’s already a lean operation.
“我们仍在开展工作，但完成的工作量远不及应有的水平，”该工会主席米尔顿·戴克说道。
“We’re still doing work, but we're just not doing as much as we should be doing,” said Milton Dyck, the union’s president.
戴克指出，就在加拿大削减相关岗位之际，特朗普政府也对美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）大幅削减预算。
Dyck says Canada’s job eliminations come at a time when the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has undergone deep cuts under the Trump administration.
“加拿大进口的食品中约有一半来自美国。特朗普对FDA的大幅削减令这些进口食品的质量令人担忧，”戴克说道。
“Roughly half of our overall food imports come from the USA. Trump’s massive cuts to the FDA have thrown the quality of those imports into question,” Dyck said.
“德里斯科尔事件只是最新一例，但食品检验员与食品安全专家均认为，未来数月或数年里类似事件可能还会频繁发生。”加拿大食品检验局称本国拥有严格的监管体系。该局食品运营事务执行主任帕梅拉·麦克唐纳并未直接回应德里斯科尔事件，但她向CBC新闻表示，在预算审查过程中该局并未裁减任何检验员，削减开支时也格外谨慎。
“The latest scandal with Driscoll’s is just the latest example, but inspectors and food safety experts agree that many could follow in the months or years to come.”Canada has a rigorous oversight system, CFIA says The CFIA’s executive director for food operations, Pamela MacDonald, wouldn’t comment on Driscoll's case directly but told CBC News the agency did not cut any inspectors as part of their expenditure review and were careful where they trimmed.
“我们必须确保一线工作人员拥有完成工作所需的资源，”麦克唐纳在接受CBC采访时说道。
“We do need to make sure that we have resources on the ground doing what they need to do,” MacDonald told CBC in an interview.
此外，加拿大食品检验局还称，政府将向该机构重新投入3000万美元，“主要用于强化食品安全检验及一线服务”。不过，农业工会认为，考虑到岗位数量的净减少，这一投入力度仍远远不够。
In addition, the CFIA has said the government is reinvesting $30 million into the agency "primarily to strengthen food safety inspection and front-line services." The Agricultural Union says that’s not enough given the net job loss.
麦克唐纳则坚信加拿大拥有完善的监管体系：该国通过监测与检验手段来确保进入加拿大的食品符合各项标准。
MacDonald, however, believes Canada has a rigorous oversight system: it uses surveillance and inspection to make sure the food coming into Canada meets its standards.
她认为目前已有完善的保护措施，能确保加拿大人“放心购买不会危害家人健康的食品”。麦克唐纳指出，如果检查后并未发现需要召回或采取纠正措施的情况，相关通知通常不会对外公布，因为这样做也无助于让加拿大人更好地了解食品安全隐患。
She thinks the right protections are in place to ensure Canadians “feel confident that what they're buying is not going to harm their family.”Where inspections do not lead to recalls or corrective action is taken, MacDonald said notices in general are not made public because it doesn’t help better inform Canadians of safety hazards.
食品检查员工会举行餐饮示威活动，抗议加拿大食品检验局削减预算。我冰箱里的树莓还能吃吗？关于德里斯科尔牌浆果上的化学物质含量，你需要了解什么？她表示，在完成由该机构及加拿大卫生部共同开展的风险评估后，只有在确实存在危及加拿大人健康的风险、且必须将相关产品从货架或消费者家中撤下时，才会发布召回通知。
Food inspectors' union stages dine-out demonstration denouncing CFIA cuts Are the raspberries in my fridge OK to eat? What to know about chemical levels on Driscoll's berries She says once the risk assessment is done both through their own investigation and in conjunction with Health Canada, a recall notice will only be published when there is a cause for concern for Canadians and products need to be removed from either the shelves or people’s homes.
“不过，即便某些产品的残留物含量略超标准，但若并无食品安全方面的隐患，我认为也没必要发布此类通知，”麦克唐纳补充道。
“But to do that for every above-the-maximum residue level whenever there isn't a food safety cause for concern, I don't think it is necessary,” MacDonald added.
瓦雷斯则表示自己无法接受这一政策。“我希望能知晓哪些指标超出了正常范围，这样我才能自行决定是冒险购买还是放弃购买，”他说道。“整个行业都可能遭受损失”圭尔夫大学加拿大食品安全研究所主任劳伦斯·古德里奇指出，公开相关通知可能会损害那些生产安全产品的厂商的利益。
Vares says he’s not comfortable with that policy. ”I would like to know where norms are exceeded and then it's my choice to say I'll take the chance or I won't take the chance,” he said. ‘The whole industry could suffer’Lawrence Goodridge, director of the University of Guelph's Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, says making the notices public could hurt producers who have safe products.
例如，古德里奇提到，美国曾爆发环孢子虫疫情，数千人因食用受污染的生菜而入院治疗。尽管加拿大并未出现与该疫情相关的病例，但该国的生菜销量仍出现下滑。“整个行业都可能遭受损失，因为消费者往往记不住具体品牌或企业名称，他们只记得是浆果出了问题，于是干脆不再购买任何浆果，”古德里奇解释道。
For example, Goodridge says the cyclospora outbreak in the United States that sent thousands to hospital after eating contaminated lettuce led to a drop in lettuce sales in Canada, even though there were no known Canadian cases related to that specific outbreak. “The whole industry could suffer because people tend to not remember the brand or the company. They just know it was berries. So they're not going to buy any berries,” Goodridge explained.
古德里奇还指出，美加两国间的地缘政治紧张局势使得食品安全与食物供应安全问题愈发受到重视。
Goodridge says geopolitical tensions between the United States and Canada have placed food safety and food security at the forefront.
“我真的认为，加拿大政府必须认真审视我们作为一个主权国家监管食品的能力，而不是沿袭以往那种冷冰冰的监管方式。”不过，古德里奇表示，加拿大拥有世界上最可靠的食品安全体系之一。
“I really think that the Canadian government has to take a critical look at our ability to surveil our food as a sovereign nation as opposed to what has been the norm, which is this kind of cold surveillance.”However, Goodridge says Canada has one of the most reliable food safety systems in the world.
育空地区的医生称，美国疾控中心（CDC）和食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的削减措施使该地区面临风险。至于瓦雷斯，他认为政府是时候重新审视加拿大的食品体系了——从价格到质量再到产地。
Yukon doctors say U.S. CDC and FDA cuts leave territory vulnerable As for Vares, he says it's time for the government to review Canada’s food system: from pricing to quality and origin.
“必须对现状进行审查，因为目前的体系并不奏效，”他说，并补充道，他比以往任何时候都更坚决地不买美国农产品，并希望看到更多加拿大的水果和蔬菜出现在货架上。
“There needs to be an examination of what's going on because it's not working,” he said, adding he is more determined than ever not to buy American produce and would like to see more Canadian fruits and vegetables on the shelves.