Mike Johanns Quotes

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• 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…
• The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.
• Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.
• Fortunately, when it comes to meat and poultry, I have the really wonderful situation of having producers and processors that produce and process a very…
• I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.
• Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
• On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.
• We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as…
• We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.
• When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.
• Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make…
• We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering…
• Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon…
• In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.
• My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.
• People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.
• Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.
• The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.
• The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.
• The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.

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