Prepare For What May Be The Largest Food Recall In North American History

From Friends Eat: (My emphasis in red..)
"A large batch of the flavor enhancer known as hydrolyzed vegetable protein or HVP, supplied by Basic Food Flavors, a North Las Vegas food ingredient company, was found to be laced with salmonella. Thus far, over one hundred products containing the ingredient have been recalled in both the U.S. and Canada. The company produces about 20 million pounds of the food additive annually.

Michael Hansen, a senior scientist at Consumers Union, the advocacy group that publishes Consumer Reports magazine, told Bloomberg that this case may trigger the recall of as many as 10,000 products. To be sure, HVP is used in virtually everything that is packaged or canned — 10,000 products may be a conservative estimate."

This is the logical consequence of neutering government regulation. Conservatives scream that regulations (and Regulators) interfere with free markets, they're "Big Government," they're "Big Brother," or whatever talking points they can pull out of their ass at any given moment, but This Instance is why Government Regulation is necessary: Regulations are implemented and enforced for the safety and well being of you, your loved ones, your neighbors, and society at large. Actions have consequences, and a Lack of Action also has consequences! You can scream about "Big Government" all you want, but really, don't you want someone vigilantly inspecting the factories that produce the food you eat to make sure it's safe?

And if you'd like a more Conservative, economic oriented argument for regulation: How much will this Massive bundle of shit end up costing the hundreds of companies that are involved? The potential lawsuits, the wasted product, the money lost, the irreparable damage to reputations.. All that money wasted because Conservatives think that corporations can police themselves. Great job. Really. Great fuckin' job.