Trump and “The Food Police”

Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has released a set of “specific regulations to be eliminated” and in that list was talk of the FDA. More specifically, the FDA “Food Police.”

“The FDA Food Police, which dictate how the federal government expects farmers to produce fruits and vegetables and even dictates the nutritional content of dog food. The rules govern the soil farmers use, farm and food production hygiene, food packaging, food temperatures, and even what animals may roam which fields and when. It also greatly increased inspections of food “facilities,” and levies new taxes to pay for this inspection overkill.”

After much scrutiny from the public, the content was removed without an explanation and then reposted soon after with no mention of the FDA.

A major focus of Trump’s policies is improving upon the rules and regulations that are useful to the economy and reducing, or completely getting rid of, the ones that impact the economy (because they cost a lot of money). And, here, Trump is saying that too much money is spent on the regulation and inspection of the food industry, and that money could be spent on something more important.

Previously, Obama approved an overhaul to the United Statesfood safety system by “expanding the FDA’s ability to recall tainted foods, increase inspections, demand accountability from food companies, and over see farming.” And that was the biggest movement in food safety in over 70 years.

The thing to keep in mind about this issue is that we currently don’t have to question whether or not the food that we eat is safe or not because there is an effective system in place. If Trump wins the election, the system will be changed and then we might have to start worrying.