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Perhaps our own beloved FDA would shape up if there was actually something to fear, like some form of punishment for being corrupt, ignoring safety, and allowing thousands of people (and pets) to become ill and die because they don’t want to interfere with the financial well being of the industries they are supposed to be regulating.

This is what happens in China. Maybe we should ship our own sleazy FDA officials over there and let the Chinese take care of them.

From CBSNews:

The Chinese government has taken the tough-on-corruption stand to its ultimate conclusion, sentencing to death the former head of the food and drug administration for taking bribes to approve substandard medicines. At least 10 deaths have been linked to the scandal. According to The Associated Press:

The developments are among the most dramatic steps Beijing has publicly taken to address domestic and international alarm over shoddy and unsafe Chinese goods — from pet food ingredients and toothpaste mixed with industrial chemicals to tainted antibiotics.

Maybe if we locked our own FDA officials in a dungeon and forced them to consume all of the toxic crap that they allow in food, and consume all of the now-recalled drugs that they allowed to slip through in the face of damning evidence, things might change over there. Or force them to pay for medical treatment for people and pets harmed by their inactions and efforts to ensure high profits to the industry.

Although, I think the best option is to send them on a one way shuttle to Uranus. And give them some Vioxx and toxic pet food for the trip.