Ahh. Fresh Foods.

How are you on fruits and veggies? Do you eat your veggies regularly with your meals? How about fresh veggies? How about fresh fruit? Do you enjoy these foods? Think they're healthy for you? Well enjoy that thought while you can. Congress is planning on eliminating the funding for testing these items for food safety. Think I'm kidding? I did say congress, you remember. Yep. They're causing the Dept of Agriculture to cut the funding in order to meet it's budget constraints. They suggest that the Food & Drug dept start doing it. Food and Drug says they're also forced to cut back. So what it comes down to is that the agency that has stopped tainted foods from coming to market or has recalled it will cease operation. It seems that government believes it's more important to cut spending than it is to be safe. Maybe they should include it in the defense budget.  There might be room for that testing in the military. Maybe what we need to do is have congress test all fruits and veggies before the public is forced to consume it. That way if something is wrong, well, small loss. Seriously, proof has been mounting that fresh vegetables and fruit are potential carriers of food-born illness. So if that's the case, why in the world would you eliminate the only protection we have set up? Sometimes just washing isn't enough. This agency has caused at least 20 recalls over the past decade. I guess you and I aren't as important as a budget saving. The government sets up guidelines for eating fruit and vegetables. Government eliminates testing for food safety of fruit and vegetables. Is there a message in there someplace?