Posted on 05/02/2007 3:29:52 AM PDT by Flavius
Wanna bet nothing will change with this new food Tsar other than lip service? Big Business/Big Government are going to ruin our nation yet.
“The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to ensure the safety of most of the food that enters the United States. But imports of food subject to FDA regulation have increased fivefold since 1997, and the agency has not been able to keep up, say former government officials, industry representatives and food safety scholars.”
“Today, because of budget cuts, the agency is able to check only a tiny fraction of the 20 million imported products it is responsible for monitoring each year.”
“Nationwide, its inspectors review just 1 percent of shipments.”
“The FDA carries out fewer than 8,000 food inspections a year — down from 35,000 in the 1970s. And despite heightened concerns about bioterrorism, the number of FDA inspectors is no higher than it was on Sept. 11, 2001.”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.food29apr29,0,1773129.story?track=rss
In Calif. locally grown organic vegies and home grown meat with special feed are big business.
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