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Administrative Accountability and the Rule of Law

2009; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1049096509090210

1537-5935

Donald F. Kettl,

Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems

In June 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rocked the food industry—and food lovers—with its warning about tainted tomatoes. Consumers in New Mexico and Texas were contracting a rare, sometimes fatal strain of salmonella and the FDA feared that salmonella contamination from tomatoes was the cause. In the weeks that followed, a major outbreak spread across the country and worried consumers abandoned tomatoes. Fourth of July cookouts were not the same, and BLT lovers complained that their favorite sandwich was impossibly dry. By the end of July, the outbreak had infected more than 1,200 persons in 42 states.