2010 Canada’s World Ranking on Food Safety (Table 1)

 (Overall)

Rank	Country	Grade	2008 comparison Grade	2008 comparison Rank
1	Denmark	Superior	Superior	3
2	Australia	Superior	Superior	4
3	United Kingdom	Superior	Superior	1
4	Canada	Superior	Superior	5
4	United States	*Superior	Average	7
6	Japan	Superior	Superior	2
7	Finland	Average	Average	6
8	Netherlands	Average	Average	12
9	Austria	Average	Average	14
10	Norway	Average	Average	9
11	Sweden	Average	Average	13
12	Switzerland	Average	Average	8
13	Belgium	Poor	Poor	16
14	Germany	Poor	Average	10
15	Ireland	**Poor	Poor	17
16	France	Poor	Poor	15
16	Italy	**Poor	Average	11

*Increased Grade
**Decreased Grade

Excerpts from 2010 Food Safety Performance, Prepared by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois -Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, with Glenn MacKay - May, 2010.