The entire point of my topic was that market forces were not going to do this.

Which you still haven't established.

Following known safe procedures doesn't result in something that's safe?

Not always, no. Just like following unsafe procedures does not guarantee unsafe results.

but if you ALWAYS cook chicken to a certain temperature then it will ALWAYS be safe.

Uh, wow. No.

I'm not asking you to take my word for it, just read anything- ANYTHING on the subject.

You believe I have not. The reality is much more complicated than you're willing to admit.

So, regulation enacted to test food for bacteria does not actually reduce the bacteria content of food because the companies that had bacteria in them were put out of business. No, this was just a coincidence, even though there's no other way the bacteria would be found if it wasn't specifically tested for it.

I'm saying specifically that, even if bacteria levels dropped, the intent was not so much to drop bacteria levels but to accomplish something else.