In the wake of the largest food recall in US history, one might think the Food & Drug Administration would step up its regulatory enforcement.

One would be wrong.

WaPo: "

Although officials at the Food and Drug Administration promised to intensify inspections after a salmonella outbreak caused by Peter Pan peanut butter in 2007 sickened 628 people, the agency did not increase checks or require microbial testing at peanut plants, officials have acknowledged in congressional hearings.

That is still true today, even after Congress and President Obama sharply criticized the FDA for oversight failures leading to the recent outbreak of salmonella illness linked to products sold by Peanut Corporation of America. That outbreak, which began in September and is slowing, has sickened more than 690 people, killing nine, and triggered the largest food recall in U.S. history."