Swallow Easier

The Senate has passed a much-needed sweeping overhaul of the nation's ineffective and outdated food safety regulations. Now the FDA will be able to do all the things you thought they could already do, like demand a food recall and inspect food imports (which account for 1/5th of our food! Right now they only check one pound in a million!!) and increase the number of factory inspections. To paraphrase Rep Tom Harkin, now when we tell our kids to eat their spinach, we can be more certain it won't kill them.