This is an example of how the government justifies taking control of our lives.
I was drinking a cup of coffee, relaxed in my easy chair reading the Federal Register -
(21 CFR Parts 1, 16, 106, Et al. Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption; Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food...).
That heading really caught my attention as it would yours. So I wanted to know what it would do, what it would cost and what benefits it would provide. Along with a lot of testing and record keeping, it says there better not be any human or animal poop nearby.
But here are some significant numbers:
1. Estimate of number of food borne illnesses prevented: 1.75 million
2. The cost saving associated of those illnesses: $1.04 billion
3. The cost of the proposed rules: $630.18 million
That is a worldwide benefit of $406.22 million. Isn't that impressive? In coming up with the number of illnesses and their costs the FDA added this:
"...Making a precise estimate of the rule's likely effectiveness is extremely difficult, because FDA has only limited data that would establish a clear baseline estimate of how contamination occurs and the likely impact of the proposed provisions on that baseline, with respect to causing human illness."
I'll interpret that for you. "We threw some numbers up in the air and these came down face up so we could read them."
The cost of $630.18 million is paid by the farms. The estimated cost per farm ranges from $4,697 to $30,566. The savings for illnesses is about $595 per person because the person did not get sick. Of course, if you apply that to the American society instead of just the person not getting sick, then it comes out to about $2 per person.
So when you buy that head of lettuce and you notice there is a slight increase in cost to you, don't forget that $2 that you saved.
I was drinking a cup of coffee, relaxed in my easy chair reading the Federal Register -
(21 CFR Parts 1, 16, 106, Et al. Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption; Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food...).
That heading really caught my attention as it would yours. So I wanted to know what it would do, what it would cost and what benefits it would provide. Along with a lot of testing and record keeping, it says there better not be any human or animal poop nearby.
But here are some significant numbers:
1. Estimate of number of food borne illnesses prevented: 1.75 million
2. The cost saving associated of those illnesses: $1.04 billion
3. The cost of the proposed rules: $630.18 million
That is a worldwide benefit of $406.22 million. Isn't that impressive? In coming up with the number of illnesses and their costs the FDA added this:
"...Making a precise estimate of the rule's likely effectiveness is extremely difficult, because FDA has only limited data that would establish a clear baseline estimate of how contamination occurs and the likely impact of the proposed provisions on that baseline, with respect to causing human illness."
I'll interpret that for you. "We threw some numbers up in the air and these came down face up so we could read them."
The cost of $630.18 million is paid by the farms. The estimated cost per farm ranges from $4,697 to $30,566. The savings for illnesses is about $595 per person because the person did not get sick. Of course, if you apply that to the American society instead of just the person not getting sick, then it comes out to about $2 per person.
So when you buy that head of lettuce and you notice there is a slight increase in cost to you, don't forget that $2 that you saved.
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