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Soundbites we can live without

Soundbites we can live without. Philip Brasher The Des Moines Register. USDA-NRCS. “Safest food supply in the world.”. Beef industry leader: “America's food (is) the safest in the world”

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Soundbites we can live without

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  1. Soundbites we can live without Philip Brasher The Des Moines Register

  2. USDA-NRCS

  3. “Safest food supply in the world.” Beef industry leader: “America's food (is) the safest in the world” Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, R: “America's farmers and ranchers produce the most plentiful, affordable, and safest food anywhere in the world.” Sen. Dick Durbin, D: “The United States food supply is still the safest in the world.” USDA has been using the phrase since at least 1973, the Earl Butz era.

  4. “Safest food supply?” Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, February 2008: “The United States enjoys one of the safest food supplies in the world.” Progress?

  5. “Our food’s safe. We’re audited!” Which of these sentences can we be sure is true? • The first one. • The second • Both

  6. “Our food’s safe. We’re audited!” The claim: Seventeen outside audits and 12 internal audits in 2007. The results: -The company “has a well designed humane handling program in place….” -Plant scored 106 out of 110 points on Grandin-designed audit. One auditor, a former FSIS inspector: Company officials were “quite proud” of their practices. From “what I saw when I was there they had a right to be.”

  7. “Our food’s safe. We’re audited!”

  8. “Our food’s safe. We’re audited!”

  9. Soundbite solutions Mandatory recall authority -The response to every recall Single food safety agency -Ditto COOL Animal ID More inspectors Fewer inspectors

  10. Soundbites we can live without What’s the public (the media) to think?

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