But that is what I am saying. They don't have to give it to you, nor is there any requirement that if they find a bacterial infestation in a food product that is going into interstate commerce, they don't have to tell you about that, do…

We want to make sure that every consumer that walks into the store and buys a peanut product can have the comfort of knowing that product is safe.

Our goal is to put in place the most effective tools to protect the American consumer and to put confidence in the marketplace where it is lacking today.

It ought to be pretty easy to have some sort of software system there to where a physician in any emergency room that is treating a patient for a potential salmonella poisoning or infection could go to a CDC or an FDA.

An effective public-private sector partnership is critical to ensuring a safe food supply.

Not only do we have a failure in the mechanisms of detecting foodborne illnesses, but we have a flawed system of educating the public about products, as well.

We have a system that is flawed and a system that in this particular instance has once again failed consumers across America.

So again, there is no way FDA has any control over what products are recalled other than the company itself advising the people to whom it sold the product to make their own recall of their products, is that correct?

If FDA had the authority to recall product on its own, they would have done so immediately, I am sure.

Which is, again, one of those very serious loopholes that we need to try to plug.

Well, I think whether it is recall or whether it is after we discover an outbreak, that there is a huge disconnect and a lack of information sharing.

I have real concerns about Afghanistan from a different perspective than Iraq.