USDA and politics
https://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/28/1359294/food-that-kills-doesnt-have-to.html
“Once a member of Congress gets involved, the agency does whatever it can to make the situation go away rather than address food safety issues,” an unnamed Department of Agriculture employee said when answering the survey.
Of the 1,700 people at the department and the Food and Drug Administration who answered the survey, 507 said they had experienced political interference in their work.
Specifically, 266 said that they had been involved in situations in which a member of Congress forced the agency to back off an action intended to protect the public. And 301 said they had witnessed corporate interests force such a change"
interresting, isnt it !!!