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.
In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.
I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.
The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.
People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.
We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.