On 2007-05-09, Emma Thackery > wrote:

> Once again, my personal assessment is that the FDA appears to go to
> great lengths, both unethical and illegal, to ensure that the food
> industry profits are in no way affected by these contamination
> scenarios.

Appears? Well, duh! Why would this particular US govt agency be any
less susceptible to the corruption and palm-greasing all the rest are?
I recall the Frontline expose on the USDA that showed the example of a
CA based lady USDA inspector that was "let go" because of her
tenacious and unrelenting attempts to bring several CA beef processors
up to the we-got-em-but-we're-not-gonna-enforce-em USDA requirements.

Bottom line: they don't really care if you die. It's just a statistic
they use to expand their bureaucracy come appropriations time.

nb