Fortunately, When It Comes To Meat And

When One Cow Was Found With Bse In 2003, Many Of Our Trading Partners Closed Their Borders To Our Beef.

The Industry Is Becoming Very Ready For Animal Identification.

Today, We Can Tell People We Have A Testing Process And Facilities In Place On A Nationwide Basis.

We Asked Ourselves And The World To Base Decisions On Good Science, And I Really Believe The United States Can Be The Leader In Delivering That Message To Our International Trading Partners.

There Is A Tremendous Amount Of Support For The Approach We Have Taken, Which Again Is To Base Our Decisions On Risk Analysis And Thoughtful Scientific Process.