I'm torn on this. I don't want adulterated crap from second and third-world coutries (or first-world, for that matter) in my food chain, but I also disagree with the heavy-handed tactics of the fed.
I have no problem with the FDA protecting us from adulterated food products, but that’s not what these people were prosecuted for. They were prosecuted by Homeland Security for not paying a punitive tariff on Chinese honey. They broke the law and paid the price, but I don’t think the government ought to be driving consumer prices up by charging punitive tariffs to keep competing commodities out. They do it for other industries, too. Basically picking winners and losers, like they often do with the tax code as well.