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

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

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 can to make sure that we're paying attention to the food-safety issues.

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 high-quality product.

In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

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

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.