do you think this is enough? why hasn't this already happened?

Question

Feds to Toughen Meat, Poultry Inspection
Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:31 PM EST
The Associated Press
By LIBBY QUAID

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first major changes to food inspection in a decade will increase federal scrutiny of meat and poultry plants where the danger from E. coli and other germs is high or where past visits have found unsafe practices.

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Answer 1

I suppose it is time someone wrote a modern day version of "The Jungle." It might create a greater movement toward food safety and inspection, like the book did in the turn of the 20th century.

Answer 2

It is a necessary action, and it is a good thing that government is fighting off the food lobbyist to try to reform the inspection process for the betterment of the consumer.

It's too bad there was a major setback to doing this in the Clinton administration due to close ties between Clinton and Tyson.

Answer 3

The real question is why the wacko fringe has kept irradiation from being REQUIRED in all food-processing facilities operating under the aegis of the FDA.

Look it up and then marvel at the number of DEATHS and illnesses that would be prevented every year.

Answer 4

I would say budget constraints 700 billion for a war in Iraq is a pretty penny. Why would we want to check for e-coli when we can fight a war on an invisible numberless constantly multiplying enemy. Isnt that a bigger threat to us than some bacteria??

Answer 5

It hasn't happened yet because the meat, poultry and dairy corporations run the FDA. that is who has been appointing to the FDA. It's all run by corporate insiders.

Answer 6

Its about time.