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Administrative Accountability and the Rule of Law

The 2008 JOHN GAUS LECTURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2009

Donald F. Kettl
Donald F. Kettl
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University of Pennsylvania
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In June 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rocked the food industry—and food lovers—with its warning about tainted tomatoes. Consumers in New Mexico and Texas were contracting a rare, sometimes fatal strain of salmonella and the FDA feared that salmonella contamination from tomatoes was the cause. In the weeks that followed, a major outbreak spread across the country and worried consumers abandoned tomatoes. Fourth of July cookouts were not the same, and BLT lovers complained that their favorite sandwich was impossibly dry. By the end of July, the outbreak had infected more than 1,200 persons in 42 states.

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The 2008 John Gaus Lecture
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 11 - 17
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2009

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