In my previous career, I dealt with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for over 30 years – in other words, a lot. I sat in front of FDA investigators during inspections, I responded to FDA requests and inspection findings, and I wrote and implemented quality systems that conformed to FDA (and International Organization for Standardization [ISO]) guidelines. Some of the folks who worked for the FDA were smart, conscientious, and dedicated to public health. And, a lot of them were not. Over the years, in fact, I encountered a few who were downright clueless.
Case in point: Some genius at the FDA has apparently decided that Costco, that giant big-box outlet store chain, should recall almost 80,000 pounds of butter. That’s almost 40 tons of spread. Why?
Because Costco’s labels don’t state that butter contains milk.
It’s butter stupidity!
Costco was forced to…
