Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.
From Mike Johanns
The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.
Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.
I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.
The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.
Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.
We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as we can to make sure that we're paying attention to the food-safety issues.
When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.
We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.
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