If Only We Could Weed Out The Bad FDA Guys Like China

I know this is harsh, and I am not exactly an unabashed fan of China or its policies, but after reading this, and then thinking about the incompetence and dangerous decisions made by the partisan Republican party leadership over the past eight years, I sure wish there was the equivalent punishment for the crimes here in the United States.

BEIJING: China executed its former top food and drug regulator on Tuesday for taking bribes to approve untested medicine, as the Beijing leadership scrambled to show that it was serious about improving the safety of Chinese products.

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The country's Supreme Court has recently made a highly publicized effort to show that it carefully reviews all death sentences and that it has restricted the power of local courts to impose that penalty. But Zheng's case appears to have served a political purpose, allowing senior leaders to show that they have begun confronting the country's poor product safety record. Shoddy or dangerous goods, including drugs, pet food and car tires, have damaged its reputation abroad, especially in the United States.

Hell, we can't even get our guys on this side arrested for their wrongdoings, let alone prosecute them or send them to prison. But China has set the bar, and it's time to let our own FDA know!