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Why not just go back before the FDA existed, in other words? Because it's generally frowned up when people mix things like plaster of paris, "bluish, white compound of true milk, pus and dirty water" and sell it as milk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swill_milk_scandal




I don't think anyone is making the claim that regulation is foolproof. But the idea that no regulation is inherently better seems specious.




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