What's "compliance" and "regulation" worth?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

In security we talk about "compliance" a lot: so much so that sometimes it seems 
as if compliance is a commodity you can buy by the bag.  This story hasn't got an 
awful lot to do with security, but I was struck by the repeated violations that one 
company had, and still remained in operation ...

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/23/con-egg-recall.html

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