http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/200802261737DOWJONESDJONLINE000856_univ.xml

Grocery Manufacturers Association Vice President Robert Brackett chided both the Bush administration and Congress for not giving the Food and Drug Administration more funding to inspect food safety at company plants.

"Because FDA food-related funding has not kept pace with inflation, more than 800 scientists, inspectors and other critical staff have been lost in the past four years," said Brackett, who served as director the agency's food safety director until last year.

 In an unusual move for an industry spokesman, Brackett also urged Congress to give FDA the authority to order a company to recall tainted food if the company doesn't volunteer. Currently the agency works with producers to organize voluntary recalls.

oh, the irony . . .  .

" The association's members include ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG), Kraft Foods Inc. ( KFT) and Nestle USA Inc., a unit of Nestla SA (NSRGY)."

yeah, i thought it was kinda strange also, but maybe the bulk of the grocers is a larger vote than the big guys? that could happen since so few control so much of the supply, they may have screwed a large percentage of the members over the past year. or he's just too informed on the problem?

wow! that's a big tax problem there! can you guys fix that?!

check on it. stay on them. remember that "[female canine] is the new Black"     and demand the state fixes the damn problem.

you really don't want me to have to come out there and straighten them out, now do you?! 

start a bail fund for me!   

god, you just described the most beautiful living situation! my friend's sister just bought a place there and it sounds like it may be in the same area or something similar. she didn't just buy it for herself, but bought it because she has dogs and just wanted to be there with them of course we got a huge laugh over it because it was a spontaneous buy, and we both would prob do the same! lol!~