WASHINGTON — Thirty-eight organizations representing various aspects of animal agriculture, livestock and poultry producers, food processing and manufacturing, retail, international trade and transportation, have expressed strong concerns with the possibility the nation’s federal meat, poultry and egg products inspectors may be furlougin the event sequestration goes into effect.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the group stated, “We understand USDA is considering implementing a sequestration plan that would result in furloughing all the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) meat, poultry and egg products inspectors for 15 days. Because of the importance. . .
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