Import Safety - 9780812242225

Import SafetyRegulatory Governance in the Global Economy\nAuthor(s): Cary Coglianese, Adam M. Finkel, David Zaring\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9780812242225, 978-0812242225\nSynopsis\nOn World Food Day in October 2008, former president Bill Clinton finally accepted decade-old criticism directed at his administration's pursuit of free-trade deals with little regard for food safety, child labor, or workers' rights. \""We all blew it, including me when I was president. We blew it. We were wrong to believe that food was like some other product in international trade.\"" Clinton's public admission came at a time when consumers in the United States were hearing unsettling stories about contaminated food, toys, and medical products from China, and the first real calls were being made for more regulation of imported products. Import Safety comes at a moment when public interest is engaged wit.