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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Watchdog Agency Criticizes Government Food Inspection


The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday added food safety to its list of critically flawed federal programs, saying that splintered jurisdiction among 15 agencies has left the nation vulnerable to outbreaks of food-borne illness or, worse, a terrorist attack. (Los Angeles Times, Thursday)

Maybe government is the problem.

FEE Timely Classic
We Can Do Better than Government Inspection of Meat by E. C. Pasour, Jr. Government Food Inspection Criticized by Watchdog Agency