Safe Food, The Spice Of Life.

       Here's a way for us to thank our government, in fact it's a way for our government to show us just how highly they think of us. It seems the Food & Drug Administration was charged with the responsibility of coming up with new regulations on food safety for foods, both foreign and domestic. By the by, the FDA is also charged with enforcement of these regulations.
       So Congress, while they don't seem to mind these new regulations, seems to have decided not to fully fund enforcement of the regulations. Now the last time the subject came up in Congress, it was decided to underfund oversight. They were and are given the choice of Congress funding it or have the industry fund it. But after lobbying, Congress decided they wouldn't fund it or ask the industry to fund it either.
       I presume the choice is to have the food industry self enforce. I think we know how that works, right? So as long as you and I don't mind a little (or a lot) of contamination in the food we eat, the Congress has made the right decision. I can't wait until the congressional cafeteria gets it's hands on a supply of bad fruit or veggies or steak. You can bet all food for the cafeteria will be inspected after that. As for yours or mine, well, there's only so much inspection funding to go around.
       I guess it'll take some Congressional families getting sick before the funding check will grow, but even then it'll take some FDA personnel heads to roll first. You don't suppose we should find a little fault with Congressional heads, do you? I mean, after all, isn't it the job of Congress to keep us as safe as possible first? Even before funding Congressional junkets to far away island paradises?
       Why in the world would Congress not want to protect our food supply? Don't they eat what we eat? Is there menu that much different from ours? Maybe it is. Maybe they've hired food tasters to check out their food before they eat it. Wouldn't it be more effective to hire food inspectors instead? I guess these folks know best, but I'm just saying.