U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, lead a hearing to discuss the federal regulation of agriculture biotechnology today at the Dirksen Office Building.
To view the hearing in its entirety and read testimonies from panelists, click here.
Panelists who testified at today's hearing include:
-Michael Gregoire
Associate Administrator
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
-William Jordan
Deputy Director
Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-Dr. Susan Mayne
Director
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
-Joanna Lidback
Producer
The Farm at Wheeler Mountain
-Daryl E. Thomas
Sr. Vice President
Herr Foods, Inc.
-Gary Hirshberg
Chairman and Co-Founder
Stonyfield Farm Inc.
-Gregory Jaffe
Project Director, Biotechnology
Center for Science in the Public Interest
-Ronald E. Kleinman
Physician in Chief
MassGeneral Hospital for Children
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