As U.S. imports more food, FDA falters-(happy communism day)

iht ^ | 5/1/07 | By Alexei Barrionuevo

[Flavius]

"If people really knew how weak the FDA program is, they would be shocked."

[Flavius]

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Public Health
Budget Cuts Threaten FDA’s Enforcement Capacity
Budget Cuts Threaten FDA’s Enforcement Capacity

Rep. Waxman expresses concerns to FDA Acting Commissioner Dr. Lester Crawford that budget cuts proposed by the President will reduce the number of FDA employees and hamper already-faltering enforcement efforts.

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=795

[cripplecreek]

I heard on FOX this morning that some 38 chicken farms are “known” to have gotten tainted feed.

[Flavius]

yeah off course fox is days late, but at least they are dropping their regular car chase programming or no

no guess not, dont want to ruin that stellar journalistic acumen

[Nathan Zachary]

They have to feed that rendering plant animal by-product stuff to something, can’t feed it to cows anymore. (or at least they aren’t supposed to)

[DvdMom]

bump

[sportutegrl]

I heard on FOX this morning that some 38 chicken farms are “known” to have gotten tainted feed.

So FOX is guarding the henhouse?

[Dustbunny]

Got to get that extra buck to pay to your stock holders.

[TomGuy]

“If people really knew how weak the FDA program is, they would be shocked.”

We are finding out.

With the contaminated spinach, carrot juice, peanut butter, lettuce.

With hogs being fed with feed containing contaminated wheat gluten.

With chickens being fed with feed containing contaminated wheat gluten.

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Tinfoil: How many other similar human-food-chain contaminations have happened recently and not made it into the news?

[cripplecreek]

Unfortunately that’s all that matters to some.

[P-40]

Then again, it is hard to expect the FDA to operate effectively in China...

[Leisler]

Wait till the Chinese start making all our drugs. We won’t have a Baby Boomer SS finance problem, ‘cause they’ll be dying like flies.