US: House hearing contentious; AMI unveils Meat News Network - (Meatingplace.com)
April 18, 2008 – 8:47 pmhttp://www.meatingplace.com/MembersOnly/webNews/details.aspx?item=20293
Not surprisingly, the hearing yesterday on “greater transparency” in the meat processing industry achieved little in the way of greater understanding. The American Meat Institute, however, used the opportunity to unveil a new initiative that it says will make meat-related information more accessible for consumers.
Dr. Richard Raymond, the USDA’s under secretary for food safety, told the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s subcommittee for domestic policy that the agency doesn’t need more inspectors, and that the idea of videotaping meat plants is costly and impractical, according to The Baltimore Sun.
Committee members reportedly were unimpressed by Dr. Raymond’s testimony: “We’re trying to look for solutions. If you would work with us, that would help,” Rep. Diane E. Watson (D.-Calif.) is quoted as saying.
Dr. Raymond was the first of 10 total witnesses scheduled to appear at the hearing.
Weighing in with a different take on the uses of video, AMI CEO J. Patrick […]
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