Here’s the best food safety article I’ve seen since the peanut recall. One of the main points made, by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Tom Harkin no less, is that the only way serious food safety reforms are going to be made is if President Obama makes addressing the situation a top priority.
And that in itself is so telling. Why should Obama have to invest serious time and political capital to bring about long-overdue reform? The answer is that agribusiness is so deeply entrenched in Washington that it takes heroic commitment to pass even the most reasonable consumer safety measures.
So, time that could be spent fixing the economy, improving health care, and doing any number of difficult tasks is going to be wasted thanks to agribusiness’ political pull. Link.
