MBDC Members protest with their PEN!
News Editor,
Writing in response to Karen Zhou’s discourse request… In relation to the executive order for the elimination of USDA food safety committees, including the National Advisory Committees on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI.) The data collected by these committees is directly applicable to the study of H5 bird flu, which has escalated to tens of millions of egg-laying chickens dying at farms all around the country. This is just a small portion of why these committees were established. If allowed to continue research in confluence with the CDC, instead of eliminating these committees altogether, there would be no need for the next executive order: an investigation into high egg costs. Ms. Zhou stated that the Justice Department has opened an investigation into what might be causing the increase in egg prices, and whether top producers have conspired to increase them. The cost of eggs is in direct relation to the availability of egg-laying chickens. We are in the midst of one of the worst bird flu outbreaks in recent history. Opening an official investigation into egg costs in the face of glaring evidence is superfluous. Why eliminate a committee that exists to help find a way to solve this egg conundrum? The “conspiracy” is obvious. It’s the same old game of “look over here” while doing tenebrous things over there… in hopes that American citizens aren’t fast enough to track which cup the ball is under.
Who knows if they’ll print it… I hope so but I have found this particular newspaper to be quite biased.
Looking forward to attending the next meeting and introducing myself. Thanks for allowing me to be a part!
Holly Hart
