Mercy For Animals commends Sen. Cory Booker's efforts to hold the U.S. Department of Agriculture accountable for downed-animal welfare

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercy For Animals is proud to applaud Sen. Cory Booker for standing up for downed animals. In October, the Senate released the questions for the record from Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, the candidate for undersecretary of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In light of Dr. Esteban's nomination to this position, Senator Booker (D-NJ) addressed two aspects of the downed animal issue—downed pigs and their associated public health threats and a 2002 congressional mandate that the USDA submit a congressional report regarding downed animals.

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