Borders are for poor people, not botulism.

[annabanana]

FDA? ~ Phooey.. no such thing.

Poison immigration unchecked. Let those toxins in!

&quot FDA) could be powerless to shut down imports of unsafe food or food ingredients. And if it tries, multinational corporations will be able to sue the U.S. government for the loss of anticipated future profits."

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/17962-secret-trade-agreements-threaten-food-safety-subvert-democracy-

[hobbit709]

1. depends on which country it's coming from.

There are countries out there with more stringent standards than our current ones.

[JoeyT]

2. If the article is correct, it claims otherwise.

Designed to grease the wheels of world commerce, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would force the U.S. and other participating countries to "harmonize" food safety standards. That means all countries that sign on to the agreement would be required to abide by the lowest common denominator standards of all participating governments. So for instance, say Vietnam allows higher residues of veterinary antibiotics in seafood than the U.S. allows, and Vietnam and the U.S. both sign on to the TPP. As a trade partner, the U.S. could be forced to lower its standards to allow for imports of seafood from Vietnam – or face a lawsuit by the seafood exporter for depriving the company of future sales of its products in the U.S.

Which means whoever has the absolute lowest standard is what we'll go by.

[hobbit709]

3. most of the imported foodstuffs I buy come from Europe.