These days we hear a lot about government services that don’t work well. Whether it’s a tale of government waste or an expose of federal employees who don’t work hard, the bad stories make news. But there are a government agencies (and employees) doing good work. Here is one small example in an important area – food safety. If you’re like me, you don’t think about asking the federal government for help with food safety in your kitchen. Sure I know about government inspection of meat and other foods, but when it comes to what happens in my own kitchen, I figured that I’m on my own. Wrong. Late Monday afternoon, I had no plan for dinner, which meant that I had to go to plan B – the hunt for leftovers. When I checked the refrigerator for inspiration and ingredients. I found a nice piece of grilled swordfish from Friday that we hadn’t had the chance to eat over the weekend. I wondered, “Can we eat this?”