I want safe food, and looking to big government for it is the sure path to failure. It is also unconstitutional.
I shudder to think what else you’d like the government to control.
I shudder to think what else you’d like the government to control.
Okay, as a reminder, I'll put it here again:
The first clause of Article I, Section 8, reads, "The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States." If you do not believe that the government actually has a constitutional duty to promote the general welfare, do you also believe that the government should not maintain a military? Because I see the military mentioned there, too, in the exact same clause.
What other countries do about regulating what their citizens is irrelevant. Please stay the hell out of MY pantry. If you want food regulations, lobby for State and local, not Federal. If you are confused as to why, read the Constitution.
I consider being able to go to the store and buy safe, wholesome food an enhancement of my freedom. Not having to worry about getting deathly ill from tainted food leaves me with more time to worry about other things. Apparently, you don't feel that way.
BTW, your state has a health department that regulates your local grocery stores and restaurants. Food, however, comes under federal jurisdiction because it is rarely grown, processed, and sold in the same state where it is grown.