Re: The Indisepensable IMF

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Despite Marc Rich, Clinton was pretty good in his last few minutes of
office.  So was Gray Davis.  I cringe to think what Bush might dare in his
last few minutes.


On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 02:02:31PM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:

> [A current piece by Krugman in the NY Review of Books offers the nugget
> below.  Ah, all the wonderful things Clinton had planned for the nation if
> he hadn't been so cruelly denied a third term in office!  I can only assume
> the executive order for implementing the food-safety regulations mentioned
> here was in the Clinton's in-box ... right after Marc Rich's pardon ... when
> the clock ran out on his Administration.]
>
> Review
>
> Strictly Business
>
> By Paul Krugman
>
> ... Bill Clinton, with his close ties to the Arkansas chicken industry,
> wasn't particularly good on food safety issues in the early years of his
> presidency. But by the end his officials had devised and were on the verge
> of implementing regulations that would have greatly reduced the risk of
> Listeria infections from such foods as ready-to-eat turkey. The Bush
> administration killed those regulations ...
>
> <http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16790>
>
> [BTW, here's some background info from a foodservice industry trade
> publication, Restaurants and Institutions (3/15/01):]
>
> Bush Receives Clinton's Last Word on Food Safety
> Final report of Council on Food Safety offers specific goals and how to
> reach them.
>
> By Deborah Silver R&I SENIOR EDITOR
>
> Former President Clinton left the Bush administration a final parting gift:
> a report, seven years in the making, which spells out a plan for food safety
> and ways to achieve it.
>
> Taking the form of a five-year plan, the President's Council on Food
> Safety's report focuses on a number of objectives, including risk assessment
> and management, research needs, legislative actions, and the role of private
> enterprise, with the overriding goal being a 25% reduction of foodborne
> illnesses by yearend 2005....
>
> <http://www.rimag.com/601/Ops.htm>
>
> Carl
>
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