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Tom Harkin: “It is true, there was this indication that someone in the Department, probably at the behest of the industry lawyers…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2001
It is true, there was this indication that someone in the Department, probably at the behest of the industry lawyers, maybe the same one who brought the Supreme Beef case, I don't know, decided they would relax the salmonella standards on the very meat our kids eat in school. As the Senator said, the hue and cry was incredible. The administration came to its senses and said the next morning: It said absolutely not. The administration said it will enforce those standards and it wanted the toughest standards. All we are doing is giving the Secretary of Agriculture the statutory authority to do just that.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing salmonella standards for school meat during a speech on agricultural policy.

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