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If the FDA is broken, I wonder if some private entity couldn't audit brands and/or grocery chains and publicize a consumer health rating. "But private auditing
by weberc2 7y ago
If the FDA is broken, I wonder if some private entity couldn't audit brands and/or grocery chains and publicize a consumer health rating.
"But private auditing can't work because for-profit incentives!"
Well, there are plenty of cases in which for-profit auditing works just fine and TFA is dunking on the FDA for being a broken public regulator, so...
- geggam 7y agoPerhaps Monsanto ? The US needs a hard reset, there wont be a simple method to fix what is broken here.
- weberc2 7y agoI was hoping for a more substantial reply than "America sucks; it won't work".
- geggam 7y agoAmerica doesn't suck, I spent the last 6 months in the EU and I miss what we have here. That said, the issue you are talking about is directly related to large corporate profits. A hard reset is what it will take to change that. I do not refer to socialism either. Taking the power back from the govt and the corporations they empower is the key.
- maxxxxx 7y agoThe ratings agencies should be a warning here. Whatever you do you need to make sure some rules are set and followed. Otherwise money slowly will erode trustworthiness. And there is a lot of money in pushing out bad products.
- chungleong 7y agoThat'd probably run afoul of NLEA rules on health claims. You can't imply that your product is somehow healthier than others without actual proof.