Did the F.D.A cause Tops beef company to go out of business by not inspecting the food products well enough?

Question

is this a sign of Americas inspection process at its best?3.3 million pounds of beef,,,how can this happen?

If our F.D.A food inspectors would have done their jobs,,,the beef would have never got to the consumer,,,the system has failed,,its been that way for sometime,,what does it mean?

what the heck do you mean you can not inspeck quality into a beef product,,lol,,,just F,D,A needs to insure public safty ,,thats their job,,,don,t any of you understand that? FOOD SAFTY,,,,thats all,,,THEY FAILED,,,

oh I see now,,the republicans wanted to pocket more free market at the CONSUMERS EXSPENCE,,,its been a real learning find today,,,Juses H christ,,,by

Answer 1

Bush changed food (and such) required regulations to voluntary regulations and that is why people are dying and getting ill. safe products without lead and ecoli cost more to produce. the money big business makes from bad products makes up for any bad press a few deaths make - unless it was your loved one. since there are no more government inspections, I want my refund, or make paying federal taxes voluntary.

Answer 2

Meat inspection is the responsibility of the USDA, not the FDA.
Meat and other food inspection was handed over to the food processors to enforce for themselves a long time ago.
The UDSA has been rendered toothless and "small".

This is small government at work - Republican can look at it in pride and know that not one dollar from their wallet went into inspecting that meat.
Better a dollar in your pocket than a safe food supply, eh?

2005 "Risk based Inspections": ""Far from a minor adjustment intended to maximize food safety, this plan is really being used as a way to reduce the USDA’s budget. The changes in the way inspectors are assigned to meat and poultry plants would make current inspector shortages permanent, effectively shrinking the size of the agency’s frontline inspection workforce.

For several years, the agency has experienced chronic inspector shortages around the country. During the summer of 2006, agency records revealed significant vacancies -- 9 percent for the Jackson (MS) District, 10 percent for the Atlanta District, 11 percent for the Raleigh District, and 13 percent for the Denver District. One agency official recently admitted that the New York City area typically has a 25 percent vacancy rate.

When one inspection position is vacant, other inspectors have to assume responsibility for those plants, resulting in inspectors being “doubled” or “tripled up". This summer we learned of one inspector in the Albany District who was covering 18 plants for many weeks. Recently we learned of an inspector in the Philadelphia District who has been covering 26 plants for several weeks, at least. Obviously, when inspectors are doubled or tripled up they don’t have enough time even to visit all of the plants they are to cover that day.""

Answer 3

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Answer 4

This is where someone steps up and tells you that you "can't have your cake and eat it too". Everyone wants to pay less taxes.....less taxes means less government...even those departments of government that provide the safety of our workforce and the health safety of the American consumers. By deregulations, we make the government smaller. You put a trust in the manufacture/producers to govern themselves and put out quality product. Sometimes, quality is not the goal..but quantity instead. Letting corporations/business police themselves is like putting a wolf in charge of the hen house...what do you expect?

Answer 5

Yes. It is the governments job to control the day-to-day life of all citizens, organizations, and corporations for the benefit of all.

We should pay all our money toward taxes, live in dormitory style housing and work in the fields all day as gratitude for the bread and water we receive every day.

Then there would be no need for the FDA to inspect beef because there would be none. And greedy corporations would no longer be able to take our money and provide us with products that meet our desires, because we would have none.

Go UN.

Answer 6

I do not think the cause of the infection has been determined yet. However, the purpose of inspecting anything is to enforce compliance. Failure to comply is the companies responsibility whether the inspector detected it or not. You cannot inspect quality into a product.

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Answer 7

No, Tops beef would be at fault.

It's not the governments job to install government workers in every facet of life to make sure people do their effing job correctly.


(jbehn, most of the e coli from meat comes from the cows intestinal tract, not human hands.)

Answer 8

This most likely happened due to the simplest of explanations. Someone did not wash their hands. If you don't know where E. Coli comes from, look it up. The thought that it got into the meat is disgusting. Wash your hands, people.

Answer 9

It's pretty sick - you get what you pay for. What do you think you're getting for 99 cents at Wendy's?

Oh wait, next stiggo and longhair are going to say it's not "fair" that I "have" sushi every day for lunch and some people can't "afford" better than Wendy's.

Answer 10

It was their business, and if they wanted to stay in business, maybe they shouldn't have relied so much on the government to ensure the quality of their beef, maybe they should have seen to it themselves.