Food safety is a Clear and Present Danger, best policy wonks can do is the Potomac two-step
Posted: September 9th, 2009 - 12:57pm by Doug Powell
A survey and a relaunched web site. That’s the best the policy wonks in Washington can do when it comes to food safety leadership. 
“The old Potomac two-step, Jack."
"I'm sorry, Mr. President, I don't dance."
That’s what Jack Ryan as played by Harrison Ford said in the movie, Clear and Present Danger. And that’s why I repeatedly ignore what comes out of Washington.
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Dr. Douglas Powell is a professor of food safety at Kansas State University and the publisher of barfblog.com. Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey.
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