A couple years ago President Obama signed the Food Safety and Modernization Act, a $1.4 billion overhaul of our antiquated Food Safety laws which had not been updated in 80 years!  The law was intended to prevent deadly outbreaks of food-borne illnesses  before they occurred instead of reacting after they became epidemic.  With increased food inspections, the Food and Drug Administration was given the power to order recalls of unsafe foods for the first time in history!