Here’s why privatizing food inspection might not be the greatest idea

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By John UptonOct 21, 2013, 4:19 pm38 pts
ShutterstockAn unlikely killer. The U.S. government has been getting out of the food-inspection game in recent decades, replaced by a for-profit inspection industry that’s rife with conflicts of interest. The risks of that arrangement became evident with America’s deadliest food-borne disease outbreak in…

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