I Think Meat Companies Should Be Fined For Massive Recalls

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2. NO! They are already incurring losses from such recalls (as they should), but which are voluntary.

We do not want them to be even MORE reluctant to recall, leading to more people being exposed and potential risk. Right now, the potential of major costly lawsuits for those harmed by a contaminated product provides sufficient impetus to industry to voluntarily recall in most (not all) cases.

Virtually no food recall in recent years has been the result of mandatory order and in this RW-controlled decades of anti-regulation that is not likely to change. Rather, USDA, FDA and CDC generally collaborate with their data that implicates the industry as the source and by doing so, convince the companies to voluntarily issue the recall. Thus, we have to make sure that on balance the impetus remains on the industry to do so voluntarily without major delays. Right now, the cost-risk-benefit weighs toward doing the right thing... Adding fines, while it sounds like the right thing to do, might, in changing that calculus, deter industry from taking rapid and appropriate action.