Food industry, academics and politics: A&M set to name first female president

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A & M set to name first female president

December 7, 2007

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-

gen/blogs/austin/highereducation/entries/2007/12/07/am_set_to_name_its

_first_femal.html

Elsa A. Murano, vice chancellor at Texas A & M University since 2005,

has been named the sole finalist to become president of the

university. Because she is the sole finalist, her appointment is all

but guaranteed. She would be the school's first female president.

 

Elsa Murano

http://www.politicalfriendster.com/showPerson.php?id=5572 & name=Elsa-

Murano- As a microbiologist at Texas A & M, Murano benefited from

Titan's $10 million dollar irradiation research program and became

one of Titans best advocates, complete with false claims about safety.

 

MEAT INSPECTION POLICIES.

http://arkansasanimalproducers.8k.com/whats_new_13.html

Americans used to think that tainted meat was a problem that

disappeared with the reforms of the Progressive Era in the early 20th

Century. Recent years have seen a resurgence of E.coli bacteria,

listeria and other hazards that are widely linked to a weakening of

traditional slaughterhouse inspection practices. Bowing to the wishes

of the major meatpackers, USDA has endorsed a system called Hazard

Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). But instead of using

HACCP to supplement traditional inspection, USDA implemented a

watered-down version of the system while at the same time allowing

meatpackers to rely more heavily on questionable procedures such as

irradiation to deal with contamination. The federal official most

directly responsible for meat inspection policies is Dr. Elsa Murano,

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. Before joining the

Bush Administration, Murano was an academic who strongly supported

irradiation and who did research funded by Titan Corporation, a

leading player in food irradiation through its creation of SureBeam

Corporation.

 

Who Cares About Bad Meat?

http://www.motherjones.com/news/dbriefing/2003/03/we_327_01.html

Apparently intent on demonstrating its undying loyalty to the meat

industry, the White House will oppose any upcoming legislation that

would force meat companies to reveal which stores carry recalled --

and potentially contaminated -- meat. According to Emily Gersema of

the Associated Press, Elsa A. Murano, the USDA's undersecretary for

food safety, announced enigmatically that such knowledge wouldn't

help consumers anyhow, as meat is routinely sold to places other than

restaurants and grocery stores.

 

Murano's statement comes as lawmakers, such as Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro

(D-CT), consider legislation to prevent further food-poisoning

outbreaks, Gersema reports. DeLauro hasn't been afraid to suggest

that a law telling consumers where bad meat is sold would protect the

public. ''This is not about a company's bottom line,'' suggests

DeLauro. ''This is about the public's safety.''