Why is the Salmonella Saintpaul Tomato Outbreak taking so long to investigate? Why are farmers being pushed to insolvency while consumers are advised to throw out perfectly healthy food? In this blunt interview a leading authority on public health -- consulted with by everyone from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to Oprah -- speaks out clearly about the failure of FDA and CDC to protect the public health and competently conduct an outbreak investigation. Very rare to have such a respected source inside the world of public health speak out.
1 posted on
06/26/2008 9:26:23 PM PDT by
JimPrevor
To: JimPrevor
Welcome to FR
Good first post.
2 posted on
06/26/2008 9:32:13 PM PDT by
Fiddlstix
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To: JimPrevor
It doesn’t have anything to do with the public’s health. It has everything to do with power and control.
3 posted on
06/26/2008 9:51:12 PM PDT by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: JimPrevor
Looks like one two many government agencies are involved. In a national security situation would the Army not take over? Maybe they should have taken over?
To: JimPrevor
Ok, lemme explain it to you.
The FDA is and long has been one of the worst agencies in the federal government. Really talented scientists work for a food or drug company, or a university, or NIH (even CDC is pretty impressive). FDA is where you find your high school lab partner. Competence is not its strong suit.
Yes, I’m exaggerating, but not all that much.
6 posted on
06/26/2008 10:01:34 PM PDT by
freespirited
(A Democrat is a person who lives in fear that someone, somewhere is proud to be an American.)
To: JimPrevor
Is the Salmonella contamination only on the surface of the tomatoes, (disinfectable) or has it invaded the pulp?
7 posted on
06/27/2008 9:32:24 AM PDT by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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