It proves not only system is broken, but society's desire and ability to affect change has taken a backseat to apathy. It doesn't help that Big Interest is in charge of the hen house.
"...USDA is supposed to be ensuring the safety of our food, it is also charged with promoting the interests of agriculture.
The final link in this broken chain: The USDA also runs the nation's nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program.
From the feedlot to the lunch tray, it's a system designed more to serve the interests of an industry than the interests of the public.
One lawmaker, Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut who chairs the House Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Subcommittee, has called for an investigation into the USDA's ability to properly ensure the safety of food served in schools.
But don't expect any real change any time soon. The public isn't clamoring for a fix.
Michael Swanson, an agricultural economist, pinned the problem in an interview with Reuters: "It has to be in the first five minutes of a newscast and they have to have a picture of somebody suffering for it to register. Until that happens, it is a nonevent."
