Richard Lobb
Richard Lobb
aware harm health human levels products result shows study
We are not aware of any study that shows implications of any possibility of harm to human health as the result of the use of these products at the levels directed.
assure food people safety
We just want to assure people of the safety of the food supply.
annual birds contain eradicate million number small total
First of all, we don't have it in the U.S. and we're doing everything to keep it out, ... If we have an outbreak, we could contain it. If we had to kill 5 million birds to eradicate it, that's still a very small number of our total annual production.
birds involved number
Even if we did have an outbreak, which is unlikely, it's going to be very limited. And the number of birds involved will be very small.
asia chickens conditions running rural southeast spread totally village walk
This thing has spread like wildfire in Southeast Asia and now in Nigeria, but conditions are totally different. You walk into a rural village and there are chickens running all over the place.
consumers
There's nothing more that consumers should be doing that they aren't doing already.
concerned direction industry trend wrong
The trend is going in the wrong direction. The industry is concerned about this as well. These are our plants, this is our problem, and this is our challenge.
mystery seek support timing
The timing is a mystery to us. We did not seek this rule. We're not objecting to it, but we didn't support it, either.
signs waiting
But we're not waiting for signs to show up.
bigger concern issue perception problem public
Right now, I think the industry's concern with public perception of the problem is a much bigger issue than a substantive concern about an outbreak here.
options reviewing seen
So far, we've not seen any impact, but we're reviewing our options to see what we need to do to keep it that way.
absolutely birds concerns farmers industry mixing places warn work
What concerns me is the mixing of birds from different places in one spot. We warn the farmers who work with our industry to have absolutely no dealings with the live-bird markets.
chicken guess higher universal wings
We were surprised. We thought wings or tenders would be higher (than the Caesar). But I guess it's the universal chicken dish.
asia handling infected number people slim small states united zero
It only comes from actually handling a live, infected chicken. We don't have any of those in the U.S.A. and only a small number of people in Asia have contacted it. The danger, right now, is essentially zero in the United States and it's even pretty slim in Asia.