On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:20:05 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote:
"Richard The Dreaded Libertarian" wrote in message
On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:05:04 -0700, Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Today it is beef....tomorrow toys...the next day...well something
else...fasteners, tires, tools?

It would seem that lack of quality control has just cost this company
its existence and its employees their livelihoods.

Should a company be responsible for its own quality control or is it a
responsibility of government to protect us?

Taking responsibility for one's own quality control is about the only
effective way to make government controls unnecessary.

Depending on government to protect you is just stupid.

And how do you know what's safe, Rich? Do you have a full set of
chromatography equipment at home, for analysis? Or do you eat nothing but
things you grow yourself?

No, I expect the company to take care of testing - you don't get
any repeat business from dead customers. Haven't you heard of the
huge Wal-Mart recall? They did it preemptively, before anyone got
lead poisoning.

And who really cares about e.coli on meat? Do they expect people
to eat it raw?

Cheers!
Rich