• Jhex@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    So your point is that food safety was already abysmal in the USA and, somehow, that means the fact that it is in the news now is less important?

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      18 hours ago

      Recalls are a sign the regulations are working. Not the opposite.

      You should be wary when the recalls stop.

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        18 hours ago

        Recalls are a sign the regulations are working. Not the opposite.

        Actually no. The USA food safety was already pretty weak and flimsy for decades due to lobbying… All these recalls are “voluntary” by the company, they are limiting liability here, not being forced to do this by regulation

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          18 hours ago

          All these recalls are “voluntary” by the company, they are limiting liability here

          Because of the regulations that put liability on them…

          If there were no teeth behind them, companies wouldn’t voluntarily recall things.

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            18 hours ago

            the teeth are the potential lawsuits coming up… hurting/killing people is still illegal, for now

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      18 hours ago

      Well, the train safety is abysmal too, along with the environmental protections. I think that’s what the OP was getting at.

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        18 hours ago

        I think the OP meant “yes, this is bad but it’s not newly bad, it has always been really bad you are now just hearing about it more…”

        IMO, OP was basically defending the current regime on this