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04.02.2009 9:00 pm

America’s food safety system needs a top-to-bottom overhaul

Safeguards that are supposed to protect Americans from tainted food are obsolete, ineffective and in urgent need of revision.
More than a dozen federal agencies are responsible for some aspect of food safety. Among them is the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…

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02.02.2009 9:00 pm

Protect Americans from unsafe food

Once upon a time, Americans were concerned about unsafe food being sold to the public. So they created a food protection system that was the envy of the world.
Then one day, someone decided government isn’t the solution to our problems, government…

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01.19.2009 6:13 pm

Open thread: Commutations, security and snacks

As was expected, President George W. Bush commuted the sentences of two border patrol guards, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who had been sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for seriously wounding a suspected drug runner. They now are…

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