Health Studies Show Canadian Foods Need Time in the Penalty Box

I came across this story, and thought it was interesting, so I posted about it.

According to tsn.ca, a study into food safety at sports venues across North America
puts some Canadian food in trouble, but suggests eating while rooting for your team is still pretty safe. Rexall Place in Edmonton ranked the worst in Canada, with one quarter of vendors listed for a critical violation on the inspection, while three Ontario facilities, including Toronto's Air Canada Centre, came through with a clean bill of health.

The research, which was done by ESPN, reviewed the most recent 2009 health department inspection reports for all 107 North American sports arenas that housed major sports teams. It calculated what percentage of vendors at each received a "critical" or "major" health violation on the inspection. These violations can range from not having soap at a sink,or not storing food at the right temperatures, and handling a scoop of ice with bare hands.

No one at Rexall Place was able to comment.

According to the CTV website, along with the Air Canada Centre(home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors) and Rogers Centre(home of the CFL's Toronto Argonauts and Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays) in Toronto, Scotiabank Place(home of the Ottawa Senators) in Ottawa fared perfectly in the study. Elsewhere in Canada, 3% of the vendors at the Bell Centre in Montreal(where the Canadiens play) had violations, 9% of vendors at GM place(where the Vancouver Canucks play) had violations, and finally, the second worst of all major sports buildings covered in Canada was the Saddledome in Calgary, with 14% of vendors having violations.

Why are the two worst stadiums in Canada both in Alberta?

However, U.S. stadiums were found to be highly infracting health and sanitation rules. At American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association, gas boilers were found to have electrical wiring problems, and 93% of vendors had critical violations. Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, Florida, where the Bay Rays play, was last- 100% of its vendors had violations. "Dirty countertops, utensils, and equipment" were found, but the report also claims that"all vendors met basic inspection standards to keep operating". 70% of vendors at Ford Field in Detroit, home of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers, had violations, where employees mostly ignored hand-washing rules. Three of Chicago's stadiums, including the Blackhawks and Bulls' home, the United Centre, all fared perfectly, although according to the Calgary Herald, they were inspected when nothing was going on and no workers were at the stadiums.

According to the Ottawa Citizen, insects were found in frozen drinks at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. Inspectors also found cockroaches at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit,
half-cooked hamburgers at Giants Stadium in New York, and expired hot dogs at the AT&T Centre in San Antonio, Texas.

Why did the Canadian stadiums fare so much better than the American stadiums?