Rep. Escobar Leads Letter on Removal of Downed Pigs to Protect Public Health
December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) led eight of her colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to implement regulatory policy to remove downed pigs from the food supply. This reform would protect the public and farm, slaughterhouse, and meatpacking workers from contact with zoonotic diseases.
The lawmakers wrote: "As members of the United States Hous . . .
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) led eight of her colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to implement regulatory policy to remove downed pigs from the food supply. This reform would protect the public and farm, slaughterhouse, and meatpacking workers from contact with zoonotic diseases.
The lawmakers wrote: "As members of the United States Hous . . .