“Food safety oversight is largely, but not exclusively, divided between two agencies, the FDA and the USDA. The USDA mostly oversees meat and poultry; the FDA mostly handles everything else, including pet food and animal feed. Although this division of responsibility means that the FDA is responsible for 80% of the food supply, it only gets 20% of the federal budget for this purpose. In contrast, the USDA gets 80% of the budget for 20% of the foods. This uneven distribution is the result of a little history and a lot of politics.” MeanLittlesTwoPurposeAnimalResultsResponsibilityResponsibleSafetyIncludingHandleBudgetsMeatAgencyPetDivisionDividedContrastDistributionFdaOversightFood SafetyPoultryFood SupplyPet Food Author:Marion Nestle
“In my opinion, if most urban meat-eaters were to visit an industrial broiler house, to se how the birds are raised, and could see the birds being "harvested" and then being "processed" in a poultry processing plant, they would not be impressed and some, perhaps many of them would swear off eating chicken and perhaps all meat.” IfsHouseOpinionEatingBirdPlantRaisedEnvironmentalMeatChickensVeganSwearImpressedUrbanProcessingPoultryEating Chicken Author:Peter Cheeke
“It's unfortunate, and we're disappointed the FDA did not grant the stay, ... But because there are no new scientific findings other than what the poultry groups submitted already, the likelihood of the company being successful in a further legal action is next to nil.” ActionNextCompanySuccessfulGroupsFindingsBeing SuccessfulGrantsDisappointedUnfortunateLikelihoodFdaPoultry Author:Bob Walker
“Meat and poultry is safe. It's safer than it's probably ever been.” SafeMeatPoultry Author:Dan Glickman
“People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.” PeopleEnjoyConsumersMeatPoultry Author:Mike Johanns
“The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.” NaturalIndustryFitMeatOutstandingPoultry Author:Mike Johanns
“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.” JobsLawProductsSafeBenefitsConsumersMeatCompliancePoultry Author:Mike Johanns