coirishlady wrote: It is so easy for you to sit back and ridicule things like this Lady Jazzer, but it isn't all about the food supply from what I read. It won't take long at this rate for this country to look like Venezuela and others run by tyrants.
I will ALWAYS ridicule the hysteria that holds forth that laws that protect consumers should give way to letting the "market forces" go unchallenged. And that curtailing regulations, when they are designed to protect the public, are somehow a "bad thing."
Here's just a few of what the pure-in-heart capitalists have managed to perpetrate on the U.S. public in the name of "We don' need no steenkin' inspections..." :
FDA: Melamine found in baby formula made in China - USATODAY.com
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/200 ... mula_N.htm
Recalls & Withdrawals > Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007
http://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/saf ... 129575.htm
Salmonella outbreak prompts FDA tomato warning - SFGate
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-06-09/b ... y-tomatoes
Local produce tests positive for salmonella
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/prod ... tests.html
Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs
Investigation of nationwide salmonella outbreak expands to 2nd Iowa farm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38741401/ns ... od_safety/
Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts
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http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm
(Here are the recalls for just the last 20+ days):
* December 30, 2010 - Drive Total Energy Issues a Voluntary Recall of Rock Hard Extreme and Passion Coffee Dietary Supplements
* December 30, 2010 - Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Announces Voluntary Recall of Acetadote® Vials
* December 30, 2010 - PRock Marketing, LLC Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All weight loss formulas and variation of formulas of Reduce Weight Fruta Planta/Reduce Weight Dietary Supplement.
* December 30, 2010 - The Ritedose Corporation Announces the Voluntary Nationwide Recall of 0.083% Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution, 3 mL Due to Mislabeled Unit Dose Vials
* December 29, 2010 - TINY GREENS ORGANIC FARM FOOD CO. RECALLS PRODUCT BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
* December 28, 2010 - J&D Produce Announces Precautionary, Voluntary Recall Of Fresh Greens
* December 28, 2010 - Mexicantown Wholesale Issues Allergy Alert For Undeclared Milk in Cuernos (Croissants)
* December 24, 2010 - Whole Foods Market Announces A Recall For Ginger Bread Houses Which Were Produced By Rolf’s Patisserie In Twenty-Three States Because Of A Possible Health Risk
* December 24, 2010 - Whole Foods Market Announces A Recall Of Products Which Were Produced By Rolf’s Patisserie In Seven States In The Midwest Because Of A Possible Health Risk
* December 23, 2010 - Brand Castle, LLC Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Egg In Icing Of Licensed Rice Krispies Treats Holiday Village Kit Distributed Through Michaels Retail Stores Only
* December 23, 2010 - South Florida Bakery Issues Recall for Publix Bakery Coconut Macaroons (Coquitos)
* December 23, 2010 - ev3 Initiates Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of NanoCross™ .014" OTW PTA Dilatation Catheter
* December 23, 2010 - American Regent Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Sodium Bicarbonate Injection, USP 7.5% and 8.4%, 50mL Single Dose Vials Due to Particulate Matter
* December 23, 2010 - JFC International Inc. Recalls "Frozen Capelin" Due To Possible Health Risk
* December 22, 2010 - RockHard Laboratories Issues a Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of the Dietary Supplements RockHard Weekend and Pandora
* December 22, 2010 - Abbott Diabetes Care Announces Recall of Certain Lots of Precision Xtra®, Precision Xceed Pro®, MediSense® Optium™, Optium™, OptiumEZ and ReliOn® Ultima Blood Glucose Test Strips in the United States and Puerto Rico
* December 22, 2010 - Pfizer To Recall One Lot Of Lipitor In The U.S.
* December 20, 2010 - Whole Foods Market Announces Cheese Recall For Products In Three Western States And Washington, D.C. Because Of Possible Health Risk
* December 20, 2010 - IMPF Voluntarily Recalls Dips & Spreads because of Possible Health Risk
* December 20, 2010 - American Regent Initiates Voluntary Recall of Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Injection, USP 4 mg/mL, 30 mL Multiple Dose Vial
Yeah, as a matter of fact, it *IS* "easy for me to sit back and ridicule." Some whackjobs are so anti-government they rail against the folks that are trying to keep them safe.
BOO!
The black helicopters are coming!
Like I said: "Only in the minds of wingnuts can a food-safety bill to PROTECT the American consumer suddenly become an anti-capitalist propaganda tool to "ensure a diseased, nutritionally-deficient U.S. population."