By law, the across-the-board cuts are supposed to be taken in equal measure from front-line programs like air traffic control, meat inspection and the Border Patrol and lower-priority items such as agriculture research and subsidies for airline travel to rural airports.
Clinton served up another course of dainty presidential tapas, like overhauling the nation's meat-inspection system and cracking down on truants.
But the meat processors and the state inspection agencies say that's hogwash.
Although there are no horse slaughtering facilities in Oklahoma, the Humane Society said the USDA has received an application for horse slaughter inspection permits from a meat company in Washington, Okla.
The USDA says there will be no need to change its inspection procedures at the Nebraska meat-processing plant that shipped the beef.
For example, instead of inspectors handling meat, robotics could be employed to further prevent cross-contamination in the inspection process, which could happen when handling an infected piece of meat.
Tesco supermarket has extended its ban on Isle of Man meat sales after the abattoir failed a second inspection.
The supermarket giant removed Manx meat from its shelves last February after a routine inspection of the Manx abattoir raised concerns over standards.
The supermarket giant, one of the abattoir's biggest clients, removed all Manx meat produce from its shelves last February after a routine inspection.
Jacque Knight, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, said federal officials are going over records at the Columbus, Nebraska, plant where the meat was produced and that the recall could grow even more.
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