Ron DeHaven
Ron DeHaven
consistent
What we're devising and considering now ... is consistent with international standards.
eight hope rule six
It would be our hope we will have a rule in place in six to eight months' time,
basis commercial impose indication poultry products therefore trade united virus
There would be no indication at all that we have the virus in commercial poultry and therefore no substantive basis to impose trade restrictions on poultry and poultry products from the United States,
animal occurs risk
At the end of the day, the risk occurs when that animal is slaughtered.
animal animals consumed farm feed might time
We'll want to know what feed that animal had been fed, and even more importantly what other animals were on the farm at that same time that might have consumed the same feed and where are they now?
additional hesitate information might speculate
I would hesitate to speculate on how long that would take, because I just don't know how much follow-up and additional information might be generated when we take a look at it.
arrive assumption hope planning
We hope that it doesn't come here. But our planning is on the assumption that it will arrive here. And we need to be prepared.
affected attack countries help virus
We haven't done all that we can do to help affected countries attack the virus in birds.
animal derived ensure might products safety
We have all of the safeguards in place to ensure the safety of the animal and the products that might be derived from that animal.
develop enable florida healthy plan presence ship viable worked
We have worked hard...to develop a viable plan that will enable Florida to produce, harvest, process, and ship healthy citrus in the presence of citrus canker.
afford months six virus
We can't afford for this virus to be smoldering six months before we find it.
animal health protect public redundant
We have the appropriate safeguards in place - overlapping, redundant safeguards - to protect public health and animal health.
again appear arrived certainly
Certainly ... 40,000 (per year) would appear to be in the ballpark, but again we've not arrived at that number.
others situations treat
It's one of those situations where we need to treat others as we would want them to treat us, and we have done that.