Ann Veneman Quotes

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• We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of…
• I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer…
• Actually, in this instance we do have probably a better tracking system than was the instance in Canada. Because this is a dairy cow, they're…
• The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food…
• I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the…
• Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.
• We've all learned about this disease since it was first discovered several years ago in Europe. And so I think we've learned from the European…
• We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and…
• We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that…
• To ensure that children are protected, the abuse and exploitation of children must be brought to light and those who violate children brought to justice.
• Great Britain had a much different situation than we do and did here in the United States, in that they had literally thousands of infected…
• The cows have ID numbers. And we should be able, throughout the investigation, which is ongoing as we speak, to be able to track that…
• But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show, based upon what we know about this disease, that muscle cuts -…
• I have to say that in this particular cow that we're dealing with, those parts of the cow were removed, and so we don't think…
• I think it's a little early to tell what the economic impact will be. This year our cattle prices have been particularly high. The demand…
• I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate the possibility of…
• I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply…
• It's been studied to the point where we know that the impact on humans would be from consuming the most infected parts of the cow;…
• Now, the impact on export markets - we export about 10 percent of what we produce, so obviously that will probably have some impact on…
• This was a dairy cow, and dairy cows have IDs on them. The ID was traced back to the farm in Washington. It's a dairy…

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