Importing Mexican Salmonella

This is another unfortunate by-product of NAFTA and the new agreement with Mexico that allows additional Mexican products to make it to the United States.

For a week, we've been hearing that the health agents are searching farms in Florida and in Mexico for the stand of salmonella that has been causing the outbreaks. Now we hear that their agents are concentrated in Mexico.

Similar to the Chinese lead scandel, American consumers are suffering from products produced in foreign countries without the rigorious health and safety standards that would be required if they were produced in domestically.


But, equally consistent with the lead scandel is our government's reluctance to point the finger at a trade ally. Surely, they don't want to anger their sources for the cheap labor they're always obsessed with.