Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.
A safe, affordable and plentiful supply of food is a national security issue.
Science, innovation, safety and affordability. Who could oppose United States food policy based on these core principles? Unfortunately, this idea has become unnecessarily controversial in agriculture.
We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.
The unmerited fear of genetically modified organism crops threatens scientific advancements in biotechnology needed to meet the growing global demand for safe and affordable food.
These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear.
As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.
Children, if they haven't been introduced to foods by the time they're 3 years old, are afraid of it, as if it would hurt them. They don't really get out of that until they're 6 or 7 - it's a safety mechanism, and you're not going to win.
I'm not bothered by the food Nazis. Customers ought to be able to pick what they want to eat.
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.