The FDA, due to lack of funding, has outsourced it's inspections.
The food companies sit on the boards of these inspection companies and in effect, they are inspecting themselves.
There are international inspectors that supposedly certify imported/exported food.
The last couple of big recalls and outbreaks came from companies inspected by third parties inspectors who gave them all "A" and "top awards".
Just read and make up your own mind.
The FDA inspects less then 6% of domestic food and 0.4% of imported food.
Bankers self regulating just leads to monetary loss.
Food inspectors self inspecting can lead to a hospital trip or worse..death in some cases.
Just be informed.
Food Sickens Millions as Company-Paid Checks Find It Safe - Bloomberg
During the past two decades, the food industry has taken over much of the FDA’s role in ensuring that what Americans eat is safe. The agency can’t come close to vetting its jurisdiction of $1.2 trillion in annual food sales.
In 2011, the FDA inspected 6 percent of domestic food producers and just 0.4 percent of importers. The FDA has had no rules for how often food producers must be inspected.
Asian Seafood Raised on Pig Feces Approved for U.S. Consumers - Bloomberg
At Ngoc Sinh Seafoods Trading & Processing Export Enterprise, a seafood exporter on
Vietnam’s southern coast, workers stand on a dirty floor sorting shrimp one hot September day. There’s trash on the floor, and flies crawl over baskets of processed shrimp stacked in an unchilled room in Ca Mau.
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Ngoc Sinh has been certified as safe by Geneva-based food auditor SGS SA, says Nguyen Trung Thanh, the company’s general director.
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SGS spokeswoman Jennifer Buckley says her company has no record of auditing Ngoc Sinh.
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hey, less government at all costs is in
