FDA, FAA: Clueless to the point of criminal negligence?

In the never ending affronts from our government, that’s yours and mine, two recent offerings, peanut butter and aircraft deicers. On the off chance that you’ve been out of the country herewith the facts.

Several hundred people became sick (and some died) from peanut butter contaminated with bacteria. Turns out that it had been ongoing for some weeks prior to the reports last month, including the remarkable information that the FDA was ‘working on’ informing the public. I don’t know about you but before the news was reported by the media – I never heard from the FDA. Oh, and by the way, it was also reported that the FDA knew for some time that this manufacturer was doubtful. I believe this to be criminal negligence. People died because the FDA didn’t do its job.

But wait there’s more. An aircraft crashed killing all aboard last month and one person on the ground. It appears that it was due to icing. Now icing on aircraft is a serious and often fatal occurrence. Such that the FAA, another agency tasked with protecting us, has been working on deicing standards for new aircraft. Here’s the kicker. They’ve been at it for the last 15 years and announced when asked that they are almost ready. I’m sure that will be a comfort to last month’s dead and their families. Criminal negligence. People died because the FAA didn’t do its job.

These agencies report to the president and are funded by acts of congress.