Food safety involves everybody in the food chain. Mike Johanns More Quotes by Mike Johanns More Quotes From Mike Johanns On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture. Mike Johanns agriculture sides years We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners. Mike Johanns leader decision believe Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that’s a real success story for us. Mike Johanns real animal country We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that. Mike Johanns taiwan beef egypt In 75 foreign countries, we have a presence in the USDA. Mike Johanns countries foreign presence In this day and age when we do so much business in foreign trade, we need the ability to identify trace an animal very quickly, identifying where it came from - where it has been, and where it is at today. Mike Johanns day business age today The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements? Mike Johanns whatever rules will year One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11. Mike Johanns say great always done