ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report represents the efforts of many individuals and organizations.

Because this Committee was reconstituted in October 1998, the initial Chair, Beth Phinney and several members of the original Committee who participated in the previous year were not available to share in the final decisions for this study. Their efforts, however, were vital to the successful resolution of this work.

The Committee would like to express its appreciation to all of those who contributed to this study, including:

• the many witnesses who responded to its invitation for dialogue;
• the representatives from Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency who provided information;
• the clerks (Roger Préfontaine and Marie Danielle Vachon) and administrative assistants (Monique Pronovost and Sharon Scullion) of the Committees and Parliamentary Associations Directorate of the House of Commons;
• the researchers (Odette Madore, Gérald Lafrenière and Nancy Miller Chenier) and administrative/word processing services of the Parliamentary Research Branch, Library of Parliament;
• the publication, translations, and editorial services of the House of Commons.