| According to Obama Foodorama, Tom Vilsack will likely select Michael Doyle as the Under Secretary for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. And why is that bad?
Let's start with who's behind his nomination: Saxby "I hate sustainable agriculture" Chambliss. Yes, the very same Saxby Chambliss who got his Senate seat by accusing the incumbent Senator, a war hero (who lost 3 limbs in Vietnam), of being for the terrorists. Plus several Senators from states with major factory farm interests. And then there's the details on Michael Doyle himself:
Doyle is currently Director of the Center For Food Safety at the University of Georgia, and a professor in the department of food safety and technology. His work at the land-grant university has been heavily funded by major meat industry concerns, and Doyle has won big acclaim for his industry-friendly policy wonking, in particular from the American Meat Institute, a huge pro-meat/low-government intervention lobbying force on The Hill. He's also received big funding and support from the National Chicken Council, another industry lobbying group.
Please, send an email to AgSec@usda.gov and tell Vilsack you don't want Doyle to get the nomination. He's got too much of a conflict of interest. Or, put another way, he's the fox and FSIS is the henhouse. |
