FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WASHINGTON—Government Accountability Project’s Food Integrity Campaign experts and whistleblowers are available to speak about the Biden-Harris Administration announcement to strengthen food supply chains, level the playing field for growers, and lower prices for consumers. Our experts have been working to bring farmer, worker, and consumer concerns about the food system to public attention for over 44 years. We believe this announcement is an important step forward in improving safety, transparency, and accountability in the food and agriculture sector. As USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack states, “The funding and new rule we’re announcing today ultimately will help us give farmers and ranchers a fair shake, strengthen supply chains, and make food prices fairer.”
Last year, after President Biden’s 2021 antitrust executive order, we launched the #Fair Shake Week of Action campaign. Fifty-five organizations joined us on social media to stand up against exploitative practices of the meat industry and share about the impact of corporate consolidation. We are encouraged by the Biden-Harris response which makes available $200 million to expand competition in meat processing, $25 million in workforce training, and includes a new Packers & Stockyards Act rulemaking to protect poultry farmers from further abuse.
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