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STATEMENT OF 



GILBERT B. ECKHOFF. PRESIDENT & CEO 



HENNINGSEN FOODS. INC. 



BEFORE THE 



LIVESTOCK SUBCOMMITTEE 



OF THE HOUSE COMMTITEE ON AGRICULTURE 



TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1993 

 1:30 P.M. 



GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM GIL ECKHOFF, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE 

 OFnCER OF HENNINGSEN FOODS. INC.. OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK. WE ARE A 

 PRODUCER OF SHELL EGGS AS WELL AS A MAJOR FURTHER PROCESSOR FOR EGG 

 PRODUCTS. OUR COMPANY IS 105 YEARS OLD SO THEREFORE WE HAVE BEEN 

 DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE EGG INDUSTRY FOR A LONG TIME. I SERVED THREE 

 TWO-YEAR TERMS AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD 

 FROM 1978 TO 1983 AND THREE TWO-YEAR TERMS AS A MEMBER FROM 1984 TO 

 1989. I WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN IN 1987 AND SERVED IN THAT POSITION FOR 

 THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. 



I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE EGG CHECKOFF LEGISLATION AS 

 PROVIDED FOR IN H.R. 1637. THESE CHANGES ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE 

 MAJORITY OF EGG PRODUCERS IN THE U.S. AND ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AND 

 EXPAI^ THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS CARRIED OUT BY AEB ON BEHALF OF THE 

 U.S. EGG INDUSTRY. 



