Separating sales and safety
Food safety and agriculture promotion and/or sales are mutually exclusive goals; USDA should be stripped of food safety oversight, says lawmaker. Citing beef recall after cow-abuse video at slaughterhouse that supplied school lunch program, Rosa DeLauro, who chairs House panel that oversees USDA funding, calls for single food safety agency.
The Associated Press; Star-Telegram (TX) 2008-02-20
Categories: FOODCHAIN, Food Safety, POLITICS
Index: Arnold Schwarzenegger, BSE, Chino, Connecticut, cruelty to animals, Dean Florez, Denise Petski, Department of Food and Agriculture, downer, downer cattle, e.coli, food supply, George Miller, Glenn Yabuno, Hallmark, human food chain, Humane Society, Keith Williams, Los Angeles, mad cow, National School Lunch Program, non-ambulatory, Rosa DeLauro, salmonella, school lunches, Steve Mendell, U.S. Government Accountability Office, USDA, video, Wayne Pacelle, Westland, Westland/Hallmark Meat Co.