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What does "inspected" mean to you in this context that makes it so obvious that it's essential?

And essential for Americans but not Germans??

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I'm not sure I understand your question, can you rephrase it please?

Germany clearly inspected the formula. Clearly baby formula imported from Germany is still inspected. The only distinction is it's inspected by Germany instead of American inspectors.

This would be as insane as Florida insisting that baby formula can only be sold in Florida if it was inspected in Florida. Baby formula inspected in New York cannot be sold, even though it was inspected.

Florida and New York have come together and agreed on labeling and inspection. There's nothing stopping the US and Germany from doing the same.

> There's nothing stopping the US and Germany from doing the same.

Great. So we should do that, right? You agree that Biden should sign an executive order saying any infant formula approved by the EU is legal to sell in the United States.

Should we do the same for other nations? Is Chinese baby formula safe? If not, by what metric do we decide which nations' formula is sufficiently safe?

I would support standardizing labeling and inspection requirements with the EU. I don't support more half measure executive orders that expand the executive branch's power because Congress is too broken to do anything... but I digress.

Florida & New York “agree” because they’re both governed by the FDA. Even if a state wanted to import German baby formula, the federal government would not allow it.

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