D6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1983
Harkin rejects Nader
meat inspection charges
WASHINGTON, D.C. - US. Rep.
Tom Harkin, chairman of the
House Agriculture Subcommittee,
says he has rejected a Ralph
Nader-backed group’s charge of
serious inadequacies in U.S. meat
inspection programs, after
studying the group’s report and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
resnonse to it.
The House Agriculture sub
committee has jurisdiction over
the nation’s meat inspection
program.
"As chairman of the Livestock,
Dairy, and Poultry subcommittee,
1 am committed to continuing and
comprehensive oversight to ensure
compliance with the Wholesome
Meat Act to ensure that our con
sumers have pure and wholesome
meat and meat products,” Harkin
said.
While I question some of the
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ministration is not imperiling the
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spection program as the report
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Harkin said the subcommittee
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look into the group’s charges. "We
have taken the time to study each
of the allegations in the report and
upon careful inspection, have
found numerous flaws. It is fac
tually incorrect in a number of
important areas. The research is
simply not good enough for its
conclusions to be taken seriously.”
Harkin said the subcommittee will
pursue those issues raised by the
report which appear to be well
founded, during oversight hearings
already planned by the sub
committee.
NJ. holds
pesticide seminar
COLUMBUS, N.J. - The Adult
Education Program for farmers,
offered by Northern Burlington
County Regional High School,
recently conducted a pesticide
seminar.
The propose of the program was
to update fanners on proper
pesticide usage, weed iden
tification, insect identification,
ropewick sprayer construction,
sprayer calibration and sprayer
safety. Those participating also
received credits for pesticide
recertification.
Presentations were made by
Richard P. Grant, Ciba-Geigy;
Greg Samis, American Cyanamid;
Peter Sollazo, BASF Corporation;
Diane Godbey, Monsanto Cor
poration; and Mark Robson,
Pesticide Coordinator, Cook,
College.
Anyone interested in this type of
program who would like to get on
the Adult Education mailing list,
contact Edward Evaul at (609) 298-
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