I was shocked to read that Maple Leaf Foods' handling of the deadly listeria outbreak should be a lesson in corporate responsibility. Apologies and full-page Maple Story ads do little to comfort the families of the people who suffered and died from this deadly outbreak. What about the pregnant women who have become exposed? What comfort do they take if their unborn baby dies or becomes very ill? Corporate responsibility happens at the beginning of the process.

Why did Maple Leaf Foods have to hear about the deadly outbreak being traced to their facility? Why did they themselves not discover the problem? Do they not test their products daily to ensure consumers are safe from food-borne pathogens? Why do health inspectors have to do the company's job of monitoring food safety? Let's see what Michael McCain does from here. Do they shut down that plant permanently? We have  Maple Story heard from many experts that listeria is very difficult to eradicate. Does Maple Leaf take an unprecedented step in trying to compensate victims' families without having the families being forced to engage  Maple Story in expensive class-action lawsuits?Let this be a lesson to other food processing facilities. Take the steps up front to prevent illness from killing your customers. Spend the money upfront to hire onsite health inspectors who monitor food safety daily. I am sure McCain would agree that this is true corporate responsibility.

Denise Volk,