I reclaim the floor. I was hoping there might be a reasonable outcome. As I said, the Record will show earlier I said there were two problems with the amendment. One was with adulteration, which the Senator took care of. The other was the word ``promulgated.'' If the Senator will further modify his amendment to say that future rules must be promulgated with the advice of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, that would settle the issue once and for all. That means any future rulemaking done by USDA would have to be done with the advice of this committee, but that the existing rules meanwhile will stay in effect and be enforceable. If the Senator will do that, we are done.
Tom Harkin: “I reclaim the floor. I was hoping there might be a reasonable outcome. As I said, the Record will show earlier I said…”
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Discussing amendments related to food safety regulations during Senate floor debate.
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