Republicans pushing such rollbacks insist that the country's food supply is safe enough as it is, and they've railed against intrusive federal inspectors. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) has been leading the effort to gut federal food-safety efforts as the new chair of the agriculture subcommittee of the House appropriations committee. "We have a lot of concerns about the necessity of putting 18,000 food police on the streets and the kitchens of America," Kingston told Fox News' Atlanta affiliate after the food-safety overhaul passed last year. He claimed that the country's food supply is "99.99 percent safe," adding: "Do you really need to hire 18,000 federal bureaucrats to tell the private sector what to do?"

A lot fewer food inspectors.



http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/gop-budget-cuts-food-safety

People want freedom. They don't want to be told what to do. I'll eat at a fast food joint weather they one food inspector or a million. Does anyone really care?

People want freedom. They don't want to be told what to do. I'll eat at a fast food joint weather they one food inspector or a million. Does anyone really care?

I would be perfectly happy to have you unknowingly eat contaminated meat. You should have that freedom.