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FDA first destroyed the tomato farmers, now it is at work on the chili pepper farmers. FDA asserts it is permitted to destroy countless innocent farmers and other businesses in exchange for a purely theoretical and, at best, infinitesimal improvement in public health. If we countenance such behavior by government agents, the chili farmers will not be the last victims.
1 posted on 07/21/2008 9:18:22 PM PDT by JimPrevor
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To: JimPrevor; Gabz
Over here. FReepers abhor government intervention yet I see some advocating greater minute control of our current abundant food supply. For one bad pepper another industry is brought to it's knees
2 posted on 07/21/2008 9:31:50 PM PDT by tubebender (Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
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To: JimPrevor; GovernmentShrinker

Do you know how my family reacted to the tomato scare?

We flat out ignored it.

And, as it turned out, the government was crying wolf...yet again.

Bet that part of government never shrinks.

Even though government action put a significant number of farmers flat out of business.


3 posted on 07/21/2008 9:38:34 PM PDT by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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To: JimPrevor
If the Salmonella has the identical DNA fingerprint as the infected individuals, then that producer is the culprit. However, the FDA is on a witch hunt until they find the source of the outbreak. The FDA/USDA didn't have the power it does now back in the 1970’s. There was a redundancy in the inspection process then but with the political appointees by Carter and Clinton into the FDA (ie lawyers instead of medical personnel) the FDA/USDA became the behemoth it is now. The Military used to inspect their own food sources until the 1980’s and were pretty efficient. Once the USDA took over there became political corruption and greed.
7 posted on 07/21/2008 9:58:49 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Never fear I had lots of jalapeno and chili pepper plants that are ready to bloom. How many do you need to make it through the winter?


8 posted on 07/21/2008 10:41:56 PM PDT by jerry639
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To: JimPrevor
If we countenance such behavior by government agents, the chili farmers will not be the last victims.

When they came for the chili farmers, I did not speak out, for I was not a chili farmer...

I did notice, however, the bodies of the tomato farmers that were run over like road kill by the FDA and the main stream media in their mad dash to the "24-hour truth"...

12 posted on 07/22/2008 4:25:33 AM PDT by an amused spectator (corruptissima republica, plurimae leges)
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To: JimPrevor; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Gardening and foodie PING..........

I highly recommend going to the link, it is an excellent analysis of what damage is done by these over zealous bureacrats.


15 posted on 07/22/2008 6:29:12 AM PDT by Gabz (You said WHAT?????????)
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To: JimPrevor

Jim, the simple fact is that most bureaucrats don’t care about the economic impact of their actions. And if they do, they don’t always understand it.

The career bureaucrat has never had to make a payroll or worry where his own paycheck is coming from. Not at all unusual to find that he is of a completely different mindset than the the business owner.


21 posted on 07/22/2008 10:07:58 AM PDT by freespirited (Never vote for a man who gets his nails done.)
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To: JimPrevor
This should have been posted in "Bloggers and Personal".

Mr. Prevor is the fourth generation of his family to be active in the food business in the United States. Prior to launching his own company, he served as a director of his family's company, which was an importer, exporter and wholesaler of foodstuffs, including produce, deli meats and cheeses, fresh eggs and frozen eviscerated poultry. At various times, the business also included supermarkets and convenience stores, a restaurant chain and various farming operations.

I guess we all have our agendas.

39 posted on 07/23/2008 3:57:18 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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