The price of food safety - (N.Y. Times)
December 22, 2007 – 5:41 pmAmericans can, according to this editorial, be forgiven for wondering if anything these days is safe to eat. Recent food scares have involved such all-American staples as spinach, peanut butter and hamburger meat.
The editorial says that President Bush and his administration need to be doing a lot more to protect Americas food supply whether it comes from the farms and factories in America or the fetid aquaculture pools in China. That will not be possible unless Mr. Bush provides more financial and political support to the agencies in charge of food safety.
The White House has expressed great public concern about food and other imports in recent months and has negotiated a way to screen some seafood coming from China. That is a very modest start. Administration representatives argue in their latest policy proposals that changes would have to be made with the presently available resources. Thats a problem […]
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