On Friday, June 27, 2008 one of the most shocking press conferences of the whole Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak occurred. We felt the need to come out with this special Saturday edition of the Perishable Pundit to deal with the implications of this press conference.
It is clear that there is a breakdown — an almost complete collapse of public health competence at the highest levels of our government. If we don’t fix this we will both endanger the public health and create a business environment so subject to the random whims of government officials that people and businesses will be loathe to invest, provide jobs and feed the planet.
