Originally Posted by
roguequilter
i agree w you both dodie & farmquilter. if we could trust the FDA we wouldn't be seeing all those commercials for lawsuits aganst companies for drugs that the FDA approved & allowed to be prescribed. we wouldn't have people getting sick buying & eating tainted meats & vegies. i cook fr scratch. always have. and i can eat beans morning noon & night every day of every season. and frequently have much to my hubbys dismay

) ..love beans!!
maybe, but think back to what life was like BEFORE the FDA - read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
And don't forget the FDA protected U.S. mothers from the horrors of thalidomide, unlike in the U.K.