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Re:Bad government policy is fueling the infant formula shortage by bumby on Saturday May 14, 2022 @04:13PM (#31381877)
Why not just go back before the FDA existed, in other words? Because it's generally frowned up when people mix things like plaster of paris, "bluish, white compound of true milk, pus and dirty water" and sell it as milk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swill_milk_scandal

Re:Bad government policy is fueling the infant formula shortage by _3u10 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @06:49PM (#31383469)
Re:Bad government policy is fueling the infant formula shortage by bumby on Saturday May 14, 2022 @08:09PM (#31383983)
I don't think anyone is making the claim that regulation is foolproof. But the idea that no regulation is inherently better seems specious.