If you are there, Mr. Secretary, saying, 'Absolutely, that meat was all okay for everyone to eat,' then I've got to ask,...
I think we have to be careful that everything on that video doesn't show animals that went into the food supply.
Thank you to Chairman Kohl and Ranking Member Bennett for holding this timely hearing on the Hallmark/Westland meat reca...
But the fact is, that we don't know if these animals that were portrayed on this video were, indeed, sick or not.
I believe that the schoolchildren who are eating this must know that rules count, that rules matter.
Do you need 500 more inspectors, or not?
Let me ask, let me delve a little further.
This incident raises numerous questions that I hope the Department of Agriculture can answer for us today.
I'm not certain about this. That's something we've got to think about.
But the company would have been shut down during this period of time, the line would have been shut down, Mr. Secretary,...
I just don't know if I understand that. You're short 500 inspectors, but you say you're not short any inspectors in the ...
for public safety and public health, we do a recall on this.
We cannot keep saying these things if we don't really know.
But, certainly, Mr. Pacelle, you would also agree that if a cow is going down a chute and trips...
we need a 'no downer' policy--as you said, Mr. Chairman, that's a bright-line policy that doesn't allow any of these ani...
I think there's some confusion.
the fact remains, there are rules in place to protect the safety of food.
I think the public requires it.
