FDA head calls on Congress to pass mandatory testing for lead in food
FDA head calls on Congress to pass mandatory testing for lead in food
Last fall, lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches, imported from Ecuador, sickened hundreds of children. Food manufacturers aren't required to test for lead.
How in the name of hell is this not already a thing?
Due to budget limitations, the agency often has to rely on the food manufacturers themselves to do their own testing.
Because properly funding the FDA costs money so we're better off allowing corporations to operate on the honor system according to a large percentage of morons, both historic and contemporary.
Because Republicans keep hacking away at regulatory budgets.
Thankfully consumer reports Lunchables piece went viral. Maybe now these fucks will be shamed into funding food safety.
Then again, these are the same folks that stick with their party’s dogma even after elementary school kids get shot in class.
Bc cinnamon is expensive. Why aren't you thinking about the CEO and stockholders? You heartless monster.
How about where food actually comes from too! Including foreign source information.