I agree that scientific research can and routinely is slanted. I worked as an Investigations Scientist for a medical devices manufacturer, and became aware of the investigative process. Now I want to get someone's attention to evaluate my root cause for Toxic Shock Syndrome, which is a medical mystery to this day, twenty some years after the outbreak and deaths. Everyone was to content to pull the suspected main culprit from the market instead of finding the cause. Why? And why won't they continue the investigation?

This is typical of our government in general and the complicity with criminal corporations, be they banks or food manufacturers or whatever. If this is revealed in the Device and Radiological section, then it stands to reason it extends into other departments.

I am ill, probably for life, from the Peter Pan Peanut Butter debacle and resulting severe and chronic Reiter's syndrome. It has been revealed that the FDA was in the ConAgra factory in October 2004 due to rat poop, hairs and plastic found in the product. They left instructions with the factory and planned to return for a follow up. They never did. The first tainted peanut butter was distributed right after that. Later in August of 2006, it was revealed to the FDA and ConAgra that Salmonella was present in the product from that factory. The public was not informed until mid-February 2007 and by then, people had died. By then, I had consumed at least 3 bad jars and had been ill since Early 2005 after buying my first bad jar. When I found out in February, I was so sick and exhausted from the chronic illness that I wanted to die. Over a period of about 2 years, I continued to eat peanut butter because it was easy and I would be too sick to cook or care what I ate. It was presumed to be harmless and healthy. Four years of hell and the lawsuit is still in process after hiring the firm 2 years ago. And after the horrific conditions and bacteria were confirmed and stipulated to by all parties; including ConAgra. They found leaking rusty sprinkler systems, bird nests, leaking roof, birds, rat poop, piles of moldy peanuts sitting in puddles of water and the sprinklers had gone off at least twice in that food production area. THAT, is arguably the conditions of more factories that produce your food than we would all like to consider. And the agencies our taxes support to protect us neglect their jobs or participate in corrupt practices while our lives are decimated and people like me lose everything in the process. Home, car, credit, business, health and hope for the future all gone while Peter Pan is back on the shelves and the powers that be argue about restitution. I have no medical insurance and no medical care for life-threatening and life-disrupting illness(es). Too many clients on a mass lawsuit and long distance representation insures people like me don't even get good assistance and representation.

The FDA just gave out $ 700 bonuses to boost morale...how nice for them.

Now, there are 400 more people sick from Salmonella which is presumed to be caused by King Nut Peanut Butter. Here we go again....

No accountability for the agencies we employ and the punishment/restitution is not large enough or swift enough to deter continued abuses.