Make America Parasitic Again! E. Coli Unum!https://t.co/8P0IWvbu6r
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 15, 2016
JUST IN: Trump says he would eliminate food safety regulations https://t.co/aaEESQUYhI pic.twitter.com/OYgZICvmIL
— The Hill (@thehill) September 15, 2016
In a fact sheet posted online Thursday, the campaign highlighted a number of “specific regulations to be eliminated” under the GOP nominee’s economic plan, including what they called 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,” it read…
The fact sheet was later removed from the website and a new fact sheet detailing Trump’s economic agenda did not include mention of the FDA.
The FDA recently completed an overhaul of the food safety system with seven rules to better protect consumers from food-borne illnesses. Manufacturers of both animal and human food are now required to implement preventive controls to minimize the risk of contaminating food when it’s manufactured, processed, packed or held by a facility.
Trump’s economic policy plan also calls for “an immediate halt to new federal regulations and a very thorough agency-level review of previous regulations to see which need to be scrapped.”…
This from a notorious germophobe. Of course, what that ‘float’ was really about is the usual Republican aversion to being “forced” to spend money just to keep other people safe. Because spending a few extra pennies on providing sanitary facilities for those lettuce-pickers is just like being forced to pray to Allah — it’s a religious issue, really!
At this point he's just curious to test how stupid his supporters are exactly. https://t.co/COh02ctLKh
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) September 15, 2016
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