The Regulated get to dictate the terms to the Regulators- it's food and I feel so (not) safe

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090626/D992H3AO0.html

Nestle refused FDA information, reports show

Jun 26, 2:21 PM (ET)

By LAUREN SHEPHERD

NEW YORK (AP) - Inspection reports from a Nestle USA cookie dough factory released Friday show the company refused several times to provide Food and Drug Administration inspectors with complaint logs, pest-control records and other information.

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FDA spokeswoman Stephanie Kwisnek said the Glendale, Calif.-based unit of Switzerland-based Nestle SA had the right to do so.

"Companies have the right to make conditions on what they will or will not permit during an inspection," she said. "Some companies have a policy that they outline for the investigator at the beginning of an inspection."

However, the FDA can force a company to comply if public health is at stake.

I was made aware of this by Omaha Steve in this thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3941288

Something is really wrong here! (Al Pacino line reading)

To reinforce the headline of my OP-folks, things are crazy here. WE regulate THEM. THEY don't tell US how to regulate them

[valerief]

1. Well, if every company who refused inspection got press coverage like a dead Jackson then

we might be safer.

[Double T]

2. I wonder what I'm really eating with every single bite.

No. BIG corporations tell BIG government what the rules and regulations will be. This is the new world order.

[RandomThoughts]

3. Nope, what you are talking about is a system in the process of failing n/t

[Double T]

4. Yes I am; US commerce and government are doing a great job of failing miserably.