Peanut Palooza

I understand that food safety is paramount--I don't want to get sick. I understand that we must guard the health of the young and old--I don't want my kids or folks to get sick.

But because 500 people are ill (6 have died) out of 300 million people, we seem to be recalling every product manufactured with possibly tainted peanuts.

Does this seem excessive? Is this a typical overreaction and sky-is-falling mentality of the Left? Of the Government, in general? Of the micro-managing FDA? Is it non-partisan and "across the aisle" (where is this aisle, exactly, to which we continuously refer?) bureaucracy or is it just the caring government looking after its own?