Arsenal or silver bullet

This feature talks about the various techniques researchers have employed to reduce pathogens on food, including ozone, high-intensity ultrasound, electrolyzed water, irradiation and temperature. Researchers say that no one technology is the silver bullet; combining treatments is the pathway to the most dramatic pathogen reductions.
This column by conservative firebrand Dennis Avery makes the case for irradiation and common sense, not government expansion of FDA. He asks, "Can we expect farmers to put night-vision cameras around their fields—and shoot every wild creature that digs under their fences?" No matter his logic, Avery doesn't hit the right pitch for our current Congress, I'm afraid.