Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  In layman's terms, which are the only terms in which I can relate it, we produce an antibody that would be engineered to detect a certain pathogen, be it salmonella, listeria, or whatever, in partnership with whoever's going to produce a plastic bag. The antibodies are sprayed onto a plastic bag, and then when the invading, dangerous antibody appears, it's engineered for a visual signal.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  You wouldn't open it.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Well, if it's contaminated--

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  No, it's not anecdotal in that sense. I've been before whistleblowers who are afraid of revealing their true identity and spoke to me behind shadowed screens. They talked to me, in that regard, quite specifically about their fears and what they observed in the abattoirs in the U.S.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Easter. I appreciate the questions. I have been in the hot seat. It's been very warm in that seat. In addition, I have been sued as serving U.S. secretary a number of times by certain companies within the industry regarding even slaughterhouse inspection and how fast the assembly line can be put and the number of workers on the line and all of this.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of this important subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify before you today. In addition to being a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under the Bill Clinton initial administration, I served for seven years as an elected member of Congress from the State of Mississippi.