re: #789 Steve

Sorry to go OT so late but I have been trying to help my son with an english project. What we need to find out is: How many FDA Inspectors were there in 1973?

If anyone can point us in a direction to find this we would be very appreciative.

Couldn’t find number of inspectors, but did find number of inspections on 1973:

In the last 14 years, the drug agency has lost 1,311 employees and nearly $300 million in appropriations to inflation while Congress has passed more than 100 laws defining or expanding its regulatory responsibilities. The agency now regulates about $1 trillion worth of goods, or 25 cents of every dollar spent by consumers.

The agency’s field inspection force has suffered, particularly in the area of food. In 1973, the F.D.A. undertook 34,919 food inspections; in 2006, that number had dropped to 7,783.