NAIS Listening Sessions: Can a Monsanto Administration Really Hear?

07-12-2009 • Rady Ananda

Obama's Food Safety Working Group admits that the pathogens in the food supply have nothing to do with animals on the farm, only slaughterhouse practices and beyond. This is extremely important as it is a complete admission of another motive behind NAIS.

Quote: Animal Identification is not a food safety issue. Instead, it is a disease surveillance issue. It can be used as a tool in traceability, but the distinction must be made that pathogens in animals on the farm are not necessarily the same pathogens as those found in meat. (breakout listening sessions notes No. 2 Question 4)

The USDA has a long history of using regulations to protect Big Ag, instead of consumers and small producers. President Obama appointed Tom Vilsack, the "biotechnology governor of the year," as Secretary of Agriculture. Obama also appointed Monsanto’s Michael Taylor to head the new Food Safety Working Group.