Sequestration and the Produce Industry

The food industry is under the gun as the effects of the sequestration of funds from the federal budget takes hold.  As most media pundits have failed to make clear, vital services people care for are now in danger.  If enough FDA inspectors are furloughed, meat packing plants will have to work reduced hours, or not at all.  If, as happens on a regular basis, a source of contamination is discovered, there will be fewer people to deal with it.  This will lead to delays in declaring an all-clear to the public.  These are real delays which will affect people.  Instead of keeping score or engaging in he said, she said journalism, it would be refreshing if reporters actually reported on the real world.