Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Shoppers offered few safeguards against 'Wild West' imports - CNN.com

Shoppers offered few safeguards against 'Wild West' imports - CNN.com

"China is the Wild West right now because their regulatory system lacks the strong food and drug and cosmetic standards that were developed in the last 100 years," said Sally Greenberg, senior product safety counsel with the U.S. Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.

"Anything that does not meet our standards should not be allowed to be imported."

Well, Duh. Do you hear that, Wal-Mart shoppers? Can I refill that glass of anti-freeze, for you? For more information, since our schools stink and you probably have never heard of this, see The Meat Inspection Act of 1906. Teddy Roosevelt was our greatest President.

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