Jensen Farms never inspected by FDA (Listeria out break)

Supply Side Jesus

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Thu Oct-20-11 10:58 AM
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Jensen Farms never inspected by FDA (Listeria out break)

Edited on Thu Oct-20-11 11:03 AM by Supply Side Jesus

DENVER � The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed Wednesday it has never inspected Jensen Farms during its two decades of operation, and an independent, voluntary audit the farm underwent in July failed to detect the hazards that are being blamed for the deadliest American outbreak from contaminated food in 25 years.

Unsanitary conditions in the processing of cantaloupes at Jensen Farms' packing facility near Granada were identified Wednesday as the source of a listeria outbreak that the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention blames for 25 deaths, one miscarriage and more than 120 people becoming ill in 26 states.

http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/jensen-farms-never-inspected-by-fda/article_1b286ba2-fadb-11e0-b01d-001cc4c002e0.html?success=1

ah yes, let's end regulations.... more freedom is definitely needed! This really pisses me off. 25 deaths because the FDA couldn't be bothered with inspecting Jensen Farms.

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SpiralHawk

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Thu Oct-20-11 10:59 AM
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1. Free clue for RepubliBaggers: No government means crappy sickening food

Edited on Thu Oct-20-11 11:02 AM by SpiralHawk

D'oh.

Trash the government bridge inspectors, and other regulators and regulations that you imagine is 'socialist,' and you gonna likely have a frikkin steel girder come crashing through your beloved gas-guzzling Cadillac Eldorado (R). Deal with it.

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joeybee12

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Thu Oct-20-11 11:02 AM
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2. regulations suck! Who cares if people die!

It's what god wants!

KNR

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uppityperson

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Thu Oct-20-11 11:10 AM
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3. I read something along that line (oh, k&r)

elsewhere on DU today. At least the first part. People all over are something.

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TwilightGardener

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Thu Oct-20-11 11:16 AM
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4. I did not realize they washed the melons before shipping--makes sense that

if the melons weren't dry and sitting in storage, in boxes, all sorts of microbes could fester.

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gratuitous

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Thu Oct-20-11 11:23 AM
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5. I don't know if it was that the FDA couldn't be bothered

There may have been budget considerations, as well. And that whole drown-the-government-in-the-bathtub philosophy has the fingerprints of one party on it. We should have a symbolic 25 person die-in at John Boehner's office and at the Republican debates so that folks can get a clear idea of the normal and natural consequences of Republican policies.

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Supply Side Jesus

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Fri Oct-21-11 04:39 PM
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6. kick for opposition to de-regulation

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