Rep. Doggett: Avoiding Prolonged Death for Animals in Meat Industry
May 05, 2020
May 05, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release:
As the COVID-19 pandemic places unique pressures on food supply chains in the United States, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, led Members in urging the Department of Agriculture to curb the extreme measures for "depopulation" at some animal slaughter facilities. Their letter raises concerns about mass suffocation of animals . . .
As the COVID-19 pandemic places unique pressures on food supply chains in the United States, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, led Members in urging the Department of Agriculture to curb the extreme measures for "depopulation" at some animal slaughter facilities. Their letter raises concerns about mass suffocation of animals . . .