Free Trade is good for everyone.
Didn't you get the memo?
And the gubberment has our best interests at heart, don't they?
Less than 1/1000th of a percent of all food products imported to the US are screamend for harmful bacterias and chemicals.
Do something fun....try and find the cumulative data from the FDA of all imported rejects that are tested on a quarterly basis. (i.e. tons rejected vs. tons accepted vs. tons sampled vs. country of origin. Want to talk about the government hiding stuff?
“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