“people will needlessly get hurt or even killed by the time a problem is even discovered.”
And no one will ever suffer with the feds in charge. Why, before the FDA bodies were writhing in street, without anyone even guessing why. Now, no one’s heard of such a thing as tainted food, let alone eaten it. Every time a leaf of lettuce is contaminated a federal official’s senses tingle, and he sends helpers to the four corners of the country to find it. No one ever gets special treatment. They never ban substances that aren’t an actual danger or punish businesses that don’t endanger the public.
Also, water isn’t wet and hamburgers eat people.
Salt bans, by the way, have only been on local level Cities don’t need no general welfare clause. Although, I wouldn’t object too fiercely to a 9th amendment challenge on a salt rights basis.
Actually, that was pretty much true. People got sick from foodborne illnesses all the time. Vendors committed all kinds of unethical acts in order to increase their profits. For example, flour was diluted with clay and tricks were played to make rotten meat look palatable. If it weren't for the highly unethical practices of unregulated vendors of both food and drugs, leading to many illnesses and deaths, the FDA would never have been established. As far as I know, only the poorest countries do not have an FDA type agency.