"On a more serious note, the food industry has an immense amount of power in Washington and I think change in just a few years is highly optimistic,"

For sure. This is an industry that arranged so that they can sue you if you diss them.

http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2009/11/burger-... http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q2/eat.html