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Watchdog Agency Criticizes Government Food Inspection
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The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday added food safety to its list of critically flawed federal programs, saying that splintered jurisdiction among 15 agencies has left the nation vulnerable to outbreaks of food-borne illness or, worse, a terrorist attack. (Los Angeles Times [1], Thursday)
Maybe government is the problem.
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We Can Do Better than Government Inspection of Meat [2] by E. C. Pasour, Jr. Government Food Inspection Criticized by Watchdog Agency
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[1] Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-food1feb01,1,6006647.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
[2] We Can Do Better than Government Inspection of Meat: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3375
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