Maybe our customers should be aware that it isn't perfection over here. Len Seguin, chief of inspection for the Canadian Grain Commission, said it's too early to say who is responsible for allowing the deer droppings to get into export cargoes. A number of measures have been put in place to prevent it from happening again, including authority for primary elevator managers to refuse grain with excrement. But Seguin said he's not confident the problem is under control. The sieves used to remove foreign material from grain shipments are evidently not able to get rid of the deer feces, which he said are about the size of a thumbnail.
All complaints involve barley bought for livestock feed.
The level of contamination was low and the barley was safe for animal diets, Seguin said.