Maybe you can't trust them to regulate themselves.
"USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef."
The subprime mortgage mess, Enron and WorldCom also come to mind. Maybe, just maybe, Big Business isn't able to be trusted with the greater good.
Frankly I'm surprised the Bush Administration cared about this. They sure didn't find it, even though there were alleged "inspectors" at the place "every day".
Arf