A recall in America is as American as apple pie. Frankly I am not sure how many Americans actually consume Apple Pie these days but it is cute to refer to this cliche every chance one gets. So I did. Frankly the warm flaky crusts with a sourish apple inside is not my idea of a fun food. Esp when the apples used therein are called Granny Smith's. Maybe Granny likes it but I do not.
Back to the Recall idea.
We Americans strongly believe that a product sold in market must meet its advertised qualities and if unable to do so must be promptly recalled. Ideally by the manufacturer of the offending product.
We see it daily - a large chunk of the automobile manufacturing companies are constantly calling back their produce due to a variety of flaws or faults or non-life threatening to definitely life-threatening aspects. Once such a recall is issued it affects millions of these appliances since they are usually produced and sold in millions.
Sometimes the statute runs so long that people get recall notices for a vehicle they forgot they owned. Hey but the law is the law. How else will lawyers get around (I mean other than their vehicles which were recalled)?
Then there is the drug industry that has to recall a potion or pill or some such due to new found revelations about their so called wonder drug which in fact is now shown to cause severe somnambulism while trying to provide erections. We cannot have that happen.. can we? A stiff muscle walking around at night - nude?
No we cannot.
Then there are the cases where we recall food products in varying stages of production - from raw beef (so far there have not been actual live cattle being recalled - that I know of) - due to some form of pesky salmonella that got into where it should not have - dead meat to packaged cookies because one box was discovered with someone's thumb sticking out...
Now this got me thinking about other nations and whether they institute such recalls - when growing up in India that idea was not even in my lexicon. Not to say my lexicon was much smaller but you get the idea.
If today India was to recall something I would first vote to have all the elected officials be recalled and sent to an internment camp in Australia or Madagascar or some where remote - never to be returned.
And before you get any ideas - I do not intend to recall this blog!
Back to the Recall idea.
We Americans strongly believe that a product sold in market must meet its advertised qualities and if unable to do so must be promptly recalled. Ideally by the manufacturer of the offending product.
We see it daily - a large chunk of the automobile manufacturing companies are constantly calling back their produce due to a variety of flaws or faults or non-life threatening to definitely life-threatening aspects. Once such a recall is issued it affects millions of these appliances since they are usually produced and sold in millions.
Sometimes the statute runs so long that people get recall notices for a vehicle they forgot they owned. Hey but the law is the law. How else will lawyers get around (I mean other than their vehicles which were recalled)?
Then there is the drug industry that has to recall a potion or pill or some such due to new found revelations about their so called wonder drug which in fact is now shown to cause severe somnambulism while trying to provide erections. We cannot have that happen.. can we? A stiff muscle walking around at night - nude?
No we cannot.
Then there are the cases where we recall food products in varying stages of production - from raw beef (so far there have not been actual live cattle being recalled - that I know of) - due to some form of pesky salmonella that got into where it should not have - dead meat to packaged cookies because one box was discovered with someone's thumb sticking out...
Now this got me thinking about other nations and whether they institute such recalls - when growing up in India that idea was not even in my lexicon. Not to say my lexicon was much smaller but you get the idea.
If today India was to recall something I would first vote to have all the elected officials be recalled and sent to an internment camp in Australia or Madagascar or some where remote - never to be returned.
And before you get any ideas - I do not intend to recall this blog!
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