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It's very rare for a corporate executive to even be charged let alone be convicted. https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/us/salmonella-peanut-exec-sentenced/index.ht
by supertrope 4y ago
It's very rare for a corporate executive to even be charged let alone be convicted.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/us/salmonella-peanut-exec-sentenced/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/us/salmonella-peanut-exec-sen...
- autoexec 4y agoWhich is why corporations get away with murdering, poisoning, and polluting. Lack of accountability combined with the incentive of obscene profits pretty much makes it impossible for anything to change. Throw in outright bribery and regulatory capture and it doesn't look like anything will improve any time soon. I doubt I'll see it happening in my lifetime, and it's sad that not even the ongoing poisoning of babies for profit is enough to force the needed changes. I'll give congress some credit for being vocal about the problem at least. In a congressional report last year about the dangerous levels of heavy metals in baby foods they repeatedly concluded that the FDA's polices were "designed to be protective of baby food manufacturers" and they recommended more regulation, but still, I haven't seen any action that would address the underlying issues that allow a regulatory body to prioritize the profits of industry over the health and safety of the population. If you're curious, that report can be read here: https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2021-02-04%20ECP%20Baby%20Food%20Staff%20Report.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.... There was also a follow up report on the issue you can read here: https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/ECP%20Second%20Baby%20Food%20Report%209.29.21%20FINAL.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house....