I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.

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 scientific process.

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.

Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis.

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

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

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 sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.