Relying on producers to police themselves = more needless Bushco-sponsored deaths

as if the senseless slaughter prompted by our illegal war in iraq isn't enough, our compassionate conservative, on-your-own(ership), respect-for-life presidential administration has to remind us how much they really care...

The Food and Drug Administration has known for years about contamination problems at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks that killed three people, sickened hundreds, and forced one of the biggest product recalls in U.S. history, documents and interviews show.

Overwhelmed by huge growth in the number of food processors and imports, however, the agency took only limited steps to address the problems and relied on producers to police themselves, according to agency documents.

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"We have 60,000 to 80,000 facilities that we're responsible for in any given year," Brackett said. Explosive growth in the number of processors and the amount of imported foods means that manufacturers "have to build safety into their products rather than us chasing after them," [Robert E. Brackett, director of the FDA's food-safety arm] said.

so, how's that workin' for ya, bob...?

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