HONDURAN, U.S officials take up melon dispute - (USA Today)
March 28, 2008 – 6:56 pmhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-27-honduran-cantaloupes_N.htm?csp=34
Washington — The Bush administration was cited as assuring Honduran officials Thursday it would act quickly to inspect the cantaloupe growing and packing facilities in Honduras that exported melons linked to dozens of cases of salmonella in 16 states.
The story says that Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and other U.S. officials met with their counterparts from Honduras, who urged creation of a joint task force to inspect the facilities, with Leavitt quoted as saying, “I committed to them we will have people on the ground tomorrow.
Their concern is we act as expeditiously as good science will allow.
In a letter to Leavitt that was released Thursday, the Honduran secretary of agriculture and livestock said the import ban had led to a growing crisis in his nation’s agricultural sector.
“We are confronted with potentially devastating losses of jobs and income within a critical sector of our economy, and one […]
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