WASHINGTON — Twenty-six food and agriculture organizations, in a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, have stated their opposition to user fees for federal inspection of meat, poultry and egg products.
The deficit reduction committee — sometimes called the Super Committee — is charged under the Budget Control Act with cutting $1.5 trillion from future federal government spending.
Under the so-called user fees, the federal government would charge meat, poultry and egg producers for the cost of required inspections.
However, the letter from the 26 organizations pointed out that "food safety inspection benefits everyone and therefore should. . .
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