What exactly does it take to get this administration to take action? How many people have to get sick or even die before they think it's time to announce a problem? How many more examples such as this does Congress need before they modernize the food recall system? Let's take an honest look at what the Gingrich-GOP Congress "let business self-regulate" has delivered. Businesses hate to report problems like this because it's embarrassing and bad PR which is bad for business. They have too much to gain hoping that it somehow blows over, as it easily can since the government has no authority to announce recalls and must wait in the business to deliver a recall.
Meanwhile, people are becoming ill and we even see the extreme cases where consumers even die. Is it so difficult to find a middle ground here? Can we not find a solution that protects consumers and makes it easier for businesses to cooperate? The administration loves to talk about how they are keeping Americans safe though with food, they only people they want to protect are corporate food executives. Somehow relying on a grocery store chain to provide the first line of support for consumers is not very comforting.
