Last week the FDA issued an advisory that cantaloupes originating from a producer in Honduras may be tainted with salmonella. The agency has imposed an import ban on the melons after 50 Americans in 16 states and 9 Canadians have been sickened. The accusations have infuriated Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, whose questionable credentials, despotic tendencies, and fondness for televising government propaganda throughout his poor country could have only resulted in the following response to the FDA’s import ban:
“It’s not in our fruit. It’s not true what they are saying. Logically, we believe it is an error,” Zelaya insisted before he grabbed a cantaloupe, cut himself a slice, and “chewed vigorously. ‘I eat this fruit without any fear,’ he said with his mouth full. ‘It’s a delicious fruit. Nothing happens to me!'”
What do you think of that, FDA? Having second thoughts about your ‘logical’ public health guidelines? Look at the man, he’s eaten the cantaloupe without fear and nothing happened to him within 5 seconds of its ingestion. Now that’s logically delicious.
Zelaya is not a President to be trifled with. He’s not afraid to eat the fruit. I’d like to see Chinese officials attempt similar sophistry with the blood thinner heparin …
