You are so right, it's called CYA.
Here comes some -serious- Federal CYA!
The response? “It is possible, but I think we’ve been following every lead that we can. My sense is that we have gotten most of it under control.”
As soon as we have any information, he assured reporters at a press conference this morning, we’ll notify the public. Except for the name of the company, it seems.
How about the numbers? asked another attendee. You’re still saying only 15 confirmed deaths, but some reports are in the thousands. How do you explain the discrepancy?
Dr. Sundlof said FDA can’t confirm any cases beyond those first few in Menu’s test labs, even though they have received over 8800 additional reports, because “We have not had the luxury of confirming these reports.” They’ll work on that, he said, after they “make sure all the product is off the shelves.”
He pointed out that in human medicine, the job of defining what constitutes a confirmed case would fall to the Centers for Disease Control, not the FDA… and there is no CDC for animals.
More to come.
http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/30/pet-food-recall-fda-press-conference-report/