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Look, again, I am NOT arguing that regulations aren't needed. Just saying regulations need evaluating from time to time and there may be more effective and cost efficient ways.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: underwerks
Well ya gotta admit that the FDA hasn't exactly done a great job protecting the public in the past.
Not to mention that making people sick is not very good for business.
originally posted by: Edumakated
a reply to: underwerks
Look, again, I am NOT arguing that regulations aren't needed. Just saying regulations need evaluating from time to time and there may be more effective and cost efficient ways.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: underwerks
Your headline says the FDA is changing the regulations..
It's should read the USDA.
I also noticed trump has been mentioned several times, but I haven't noticed where anyone has linked to where he has instructed the usda to make this change.
I'm not saying he didn't but is this change coming from the president?
Another brilliant move from the administration that appoints oil company executives as stewards of the environment, and enemies of education as those tasked with protecting it.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a conservative health policy expert with deep ties to the pharmaceutical industry, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the White House said on Friday.
Federal responsibility for the regulation of food safety in the U.S. primarily falls under the FDA and the USDA-FSIS
originally posted by: Edumakated
That's an emotional response...
The incentive is that your company winds up going out of business if a consumer gets sick.
I am NOT saying regulations aren't needed. Just saying I want the actual facts in regards to the regulations and if they are effective, etc. As I pointed, there is often a lot of hysteria and spin in regards to what certain regulations actually do and if they are needed.
I am actually in the process of starting a food business. The regulatory burden is HUGE.
From purely a statistical standpoint, it would seem to me that having large producers in general would be more susceptible to food contamination vs small butchers, etc.
As always though, people are addicted to low prices.
originally posted by: underwerks
What are the new systems and how are they more efficient?
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: underwerks
What are the new systems and how are they more efficient?
Well, I'm glad you asked... It's funny I Googled this topic and almost every article had the same statements in them as if 100s of articles were created from one..hmmm
Here is an article from May 2017 that spells it all out as to why this industry needs a major overhaul, and much of the push to do this was not evil Trump, it was two Harvard Law student groups, the first of many from other major universities.
Enjoy the read