Here is the broadcast http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3018322 <http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3018322>
You can listen to the full broadcast, the item I heard is in part 2: temperature harmonization, An american trade representative tells us why his country wants Canada to switch back to Fahrenheit. You can listen to part 2 only. Mike Payne u > On 03 Apr 2015, at 13:19, John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > The International Dairy Foods Association lists several protocols (time and > temperature) for pasteurization, including ultra-pasteurized, which can be > stored at room temperature. The US uses mostly 15 s, 72 °C. I wonder if the > difference is merely which protocol is preferred or required. I can't imagine > we would quibble over whether the temperature is stated in °C or °F as long > as they were equivalent. > > http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization > <http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization> > From: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> > To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 8:20 AM > Subject: [USMA:54674] Troubling agreement > > I just happened to be listening to the CBC news early this morning was half > asleep but paid more attention when I realized they were discussing an > apparent agreement for Canada to drop some of it’s metric requirements for > trade with the USA (NAFTA?), they talked about pasteurization temperatures as > an example, from the sound of the conversation this was being pushed on > Canada by the Washington based trade negotiator, the presenter seemed a > little aghast that this could happen, > > I’ve not had time to google this apart from a cursory “Canada to drop metric > system nafta” query which didn’t seem to bring up anything. Later on I’ll be > able to spend a bit more time researching this, but I’m really amazed that > this is being stuffed down the throats of the Canadians. > > Mike Payne > > >
