That’s the title of a great Rick Weiss piece in the July 4 Washington Post about U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s assistant commissioner for food protection — or, in the media lingo that he apparently abhors, "food safety czar."

The story says that climbing the ranks in public health can be a frustrating business because, as many on the front lines of public health know, nobody knows your name when bird flu is under control, when pets are not poisoned, when bacteria-laden burgers aren’t making kids sick.

The story also notes that Acheson eats a lot of organic food — not because he thinks it’s safer, but because his wife works at an organic food co-op in Clarksville (I hope he’s checking on the microbial safety procedures because organic is a food production system, not a food safety system) and that he watches a lot of the Food Network. I wonder if Acheson notices as many food safety errors on the TV cooking shows as we did (and I really want to update that study; any potential grad students who want to watch TV?).
The story goes on to conclude by citing Acheson as saying that education and creative training will also be crucial. The story says, Chinese-language Food Network, anyone?

Chinese Don’t Eat Poop shirt, anyone?