With food safety at the top of many a mind these days, a plan out this week from the White House was chopped down by Democrats in the U.S. Senate as not being enough to stem potential hazards from the U.S. food supply.

Although the plan increased surveillance of imported and domestic foods in the U.S., it gave most of the responsibility to food manufacturers directly. Umm, isn't that the reason for the problem? It's been shown over and over that profits count more for safety, as evidenced by a bevy of food recalls this year alone.

What do you think? Are self-policing strategies enough to keep food production and importing safe in the U.S.? Should more strict government regulation be the answer?