Tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches that have sickened scores of children in the U.S. may have been purposefully contaminated with lead, according to FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones.
“We’re still in the midst of our investigation. But so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out,” Jones said in an exclusive interview. The pouches found to be contaminated were sold under three brands — Weis, WanaBana and Schnucks — that are all linked to a manufacturing facility in Ecuador. The FDA says it’s conducting an inspection of that facility.
“My instinct is they didn’t think this product was going to end up in a country with a robust regulatory process,” Jones said. “They thought it was going to end up in places that did not have the ability to detect something like this.”
This is where those US based companies should get absolutely reamed. Want to profit off cheap labor and raw materials from developing countries with “lax” controls? Then you should face all consequences and lost profits. No “blaming” some other supplier.
China executed mfers when companies sold tainted baby milk powder.
I’m not a huge fan of China, but I’ll admit they’re doing at least one thing right.
Lead is sweet. That’s why kids eat paint chips.
Someone saved money on sugar and biocide.
The reason why I tacked this on after your comment is that you are on to something.
“Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point”
A broken clock yadda yadda
Only because they got caught. Everyone in the chain knew. The govt knew. They just got caught.
Ok Alex Jones sure, now tell us about the chinese lizard people…
I’m guessing your source for this is ‘it feels like it must be true because they’re baddies’?
Go watch interviews of western expats that moved there and Chinese citizens that talk about their experience living there and growing up there. There’s also a few China News channels on YT and other places. The info is NOT hard to find if you try just a bit. The corruption in China is out of control. There are huge groups of younger people refusing to participate in the system. A China civil war is very much brewing as the system teeters on the edge of an economic cliff.
Yes and a lot of Chinese people I’ve spoken to belive all the same stuff about America and the west lol, it’s a simple game really and exactly the one Alex Jones plays - point at a few exaggerated accounts of genuinely bad things and extrapolate into the stratosphere without ever once checking your work.
Of course China has corruption and infighting because everywhere does, that doesn’t mean the whole system is a conspiracy.
How about jailing responsible execs? Money wrist slaps notoriously don’t do shit
Keep increasing the penalty until it actually has an effect.
Even if it never changes their behavior, all the free money can be used for other things until they go out of business.
There should be a tiered system, too. First offenders just have to pay a certain amount to cover all expenses and then some. Subsequent offenders should have to pay more, probably double at the minimum.
Just like how insurers increase rates when we use their services, taxpayers should increase rates for businesses that use their services.
It never had an effect as the fines are built in, it’s cost of business for them and they fuck over more than the fined van ever make right. Jail the fuckers.
Miniscule fine incoming…
Price of business