Recently the Nestle company had to recall a huge amount of cookie dough because of E Coli contamination. This recall probably cost them millions and it now seems they may have arrived at this point by trying to cut corners on food safety issues.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Nestle has repeatedly refused to cooperate with FDA requests to provide information during inspections. While they complied with the minimum standards under the law they certainly could have cooperated in more depth.

While I am not often a big fan of government regulations that go too far, it seems that here the food safety rules do not go far enough. Since the companies seem unwilling to take the proper steps, Congress needs to address the issue by requiring them to supply all required information.

For their part, if Nestle is smart they will announce they will do so voluntarily. I am not sure that anyone will be able to trust the company unless they do so.