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One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it’s ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we’ve done many great things, especially since 9/11.

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GreatSince Whether

In this day and age when we do so much business in foreign trade, we need the ability to identify trace an animal very quickly, identifying where it came from – where it has been, and where it is at today.

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AgeBusinessToday

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here.

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GovernmentHere Vote

The world is really figuring BSE out, and that’s positive.

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PositiveFiguring

People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.

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Consumer Enjoy Meat

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

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Canadian Goal Japan

In 75 foreign countries, we have a presence in the USDA.

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Countries Foreign Presence

When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

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Borders Closed Found

Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis.

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Basis Process Today

There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

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Achieved Amount Certain

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.

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Animal Industry Ready

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

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Issues Related Terrorism

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

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Basis Industry Meet

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.

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Again Process Support

We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we’re excited about that.

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Egypt Excited Open
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