American law is different than European law.  In Europe, food has to be proved safe before it can be sold.  In the U. S., someone has to die, their relatives have to sue the company that produced the food and prove the food caused the death, and THEN the government will do something.

We have the freedom to die.  The government won't lower the speed limits on the highways to save energy and lives because people will complain about having to drive too slow (55 mph).  Only when accidents happen will traffic lights be installed at dangerous intersections.  One town (Fayetteville, Arkansas) built a dangerous bypass around the town.  Within the next year, 56 people died on about ten miles (16 km) or roadway.  Guess what?  The state rebuilt the highway and made it much safer.  Death is especially effective if someone important dies.  If a rich person dies, then the government is much more likely to install traffic lights or take other actions to improve the safety of the highway.  If a poor person dies, often, no action is taken.  In my town, a bypass was built a few years ago.  Two bad accidents occurred killing three people soon after I moved here.  Now?  One intersection was improved and a traffic light was installed at the other intersection.  But someone has to die before the government takes action.

It's a crazy way to live (or die) but it happens all the time.  One famous store (name starts with a W) used to build new stores in small towns that attracted a lot of attention and traffic.  The store said, "The town and state is responsible for the traffic lights" and the towns would do nothing . . . until someone died.  Then, and only then, would a traffic light be put up.  Fortunately, the store has changed in recent years.  They now insist that the town install traffic lights before they will agree to build a store in the town.  I'm guessing hundreds if not thousands of people died before action was taken!

Such is life.  And death.