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have to do is check the plane records and they know long in ad- 

 vance when they are coming. 



It is not that there are any internal leaks or anything. It is just 

 that you know when they are flying on airlines, whatever, over 

 there, that they know when they are coming. 



So, yes, we are in 100 percent agreement with that part of the 

 bill. 



Mrs. Unsoeld. Mr. Taylor, you have been listening to all of this 

 and I know you come from a long family line of working in this 

 industry. 



Are there any additional comments that you would like to make, 

 particularly on water quality or any other aspect of this? 



Mr. Bill Taylor. I would like to say, I guess, that mandatory in- 

 spection, HACCP based type of inspection is something that the in- 

 dustry probably welcomes. 



We need to try to get out of the limelight, like what Bill says, 

 and what you said in your opening statement, get off the front 

 pages and get on the table. We have lost sales and we have lost 

 public credibility, and because people think we are a voluntary pro- 

 gram, and I think what we need — we really don't have a voluntary 

 program. 



As anybody in the industry realizes, we have — we have mandato- 

 ry regulations in our States, and what this bill does, and I think 

 would probably help us out, is realize that FDA would actually 

 have the superior authority, and I think that that would be benefi- 

 cial to take and take away some of this credibility problem that we 

 are running into with the public. 



Mrs. Unsoeld. I thank you and I thank you very, very much, Mr. 

 Chairman, for the hearing and for your patience and attention. 



Mr. Manton. In that case, all time has expired and we will de- 

 clare this meeting to be at an end. 



I thank all the witnesses for being with us. There is a vote on the 

 Floor. 



[Whereupon, at 3:45 p.m., the Subcommittee was adjourned and 

 the following was submitted for the record:] 



