The point is that in enlightened countries, people surrender their freedom in return for a food supply they can trust.
Years ago I watched a PBS special about fire prevention, in which a certain country was touted as a model country in that regard. The moderator spoke in glowing tones of how in that country fire control personnel could go right into a person's home and perform a fire safety inspection at any time. "This isn't done in America," he concluded, in ominous tones. "In America they would rather burn."
FDA is the largest and most powerful organization of its type in the world. Dream on!