On 7/26/2013 11:25 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:06:39 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 22:45:41 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/26/health...html?hpt=hp_t3
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/nalxhbm
>>>
>>> If Congress has anything to say about this it will never go over. Big
>>> business will say that it isn't fair to put the extra cost and
>>> responsibility on them and the folks in Washington will rush to
>>> protect business.
>>> Janet US
>>
>> I don't see too much opposition to this. Importers don't have the
>> lobbying power that the big food conglomerates have. I see this more
>> of FDA shedding it's direct responsibilities and passing them off to
>> the individual companies. It's similar to the proposal that would
>> allow meat packers to inspect their own meat on good faith rather than
>> having USDA inspectors perform that service.
>>
>> Of course it's being marketed to us as an improvement in the supply
>> chain that's supposed to make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
>>
>> -sw
> I don't see it so much as FDA shedding responsibility as requiring
> additional responsibility in the food chain. Besides, how is the FDA
> to oversee better with less? They've got to get extra manpower and
> dollars from somewhere.
> Janet US
>

A potential revenue stream would be to slap an inspection tarrif on
incoming foreign produce and foods.