Think about it this way. If the FDA had done its job with that peanut plant, people wouldn’t be scared that peanut butter can kill them, then purchases of peanut butter wouldn’t drop off then the peanut industry wouldn’t have to spend p.r. cash on telling people peanuts are safe and instead could do what [...]
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Remember, We Should Always Let Companies Police Themselves
January 28th, 2009
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The free market fairies will take care of everything.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said at least 12 times over the past two years the Peanut Corporation of America has knowingly sold products that had tested positive for salmonella.
The FDA also claimed the company did nothing to improve its manufacturing and sanitation practices after salmonella [...]
Subway Doesn’t Sell Swiss Cheese Anymore
October 30th, 2008
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Most days I go to Subway near my office and pick up a sub. Whether meatball or ham, I always get Swiss cheese – my favorite cheese – to go with it. All of a sudden they stopped stocking swiss. So I went to another Subway, assuming this was localized to just the one store. [...]
