My simple point was there was mislabeling going on and sloppiness. You claimed there was no such thing because the penalties are too high
These are claims that you are woefully incapable of supporting. You can't support them because they are not true. Mistakes happen, albeit rarely, but when you consider just how many food products we produce and import it is apparent that this is one industry that polices itself very well. Mistakes happen. They happen in every industry. But these are, for the most part, not intentional. The price you have to pay for these kinds of mistakes is a powerful deterrent. That's my point and I have 25 years in the industry to back it up.
If, like your leftist source, you want to measure in the right increment, I can find violations all day long. Some sense of proportion is required to look at this issue objectively. People with no knowledge of the subject, and those wed to an anti-business ideology, are usually the first to condemn based on whatever information the MSM spoon feeds them. Conservatives should be skeptical of this MO by nature. Bashing business is expected from the left. Raging against the private sector is for people who don't have a clue as to which side their bread is buttered. I see far too much of this coming from people who consider themselves conservative and it's all populist BS that ends up delivering bigger government.