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Full Committee Hearing

Bio-security and Agro-Terrorism

Date:
Time: 10:00am
Location: Room 328-A Russell Building

Review of efforts to protect the agricultural sector and food supply from a deliberate attack with a biological agent, a toxin or a disease directed at crops and livestock.

Witnesses include federal and local officials as well as a private sector perspective on the security of the U.S. food supply.

Audio replay of the 2-hour hearing.

There is no video broadcast for this event.

Panel 1

  • Hon. Charles F. Conner

    Deputy Secretary
    United States Department of Agriculture
  • Maureen McCarthy, PhD

    Director, Office of Research and Development
    Department of Homeland Security
  • Mr. John E. Lewis

    Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Robert Brackett, PhD

    Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
    Food & Drug Administration

Panel 2

  • Dr. James Sherwood

    Head, Department of Plant Pathology
    University of Georgia
    Athens, Georgia
  • James A. Roth, DVM, PhD

    Director, The Center for Food Security and Public Health
    Iowa State University
    Ames, Iowa
  • Mr. James Lane

    Undersheriff
    Ford County
    Dodge City, Kansas
  • Mr. Mark J. Cheviron

    Corporate Vice President and Director of Corporate Security and Services
    Archers Daniels Midland Company
    Decatur, Illinois