Congressman Flood: USDA Must Keep Production Moving in Madison

 MADISON, NEBRASKA – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood wrote the U.S. Department of Agriculture after news their inspection team failed to show up at a pork production plant in Madison, Nebraska.

“I am writing in response to troubling reports that United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspectors are not reporting to work at the Tyson Foods Pork Plant in Madison, Nebraska. Let me be clear, this is unacceptable and must be remedied immediately,” wrote Congressman Flood in his letter.

“If our communities can show up to work, the USDA can too. Our pork producers are ready and waiting; our plant wants to operate; the USDA must step up to the plate and fulfill its mission to serve rural America.”

Nebraska’s pork industry finishes over 5.43 million hogs per year, returning over $1.06 billion in cash receipts. As of 2021, Nebraska’s pork industry and related activity supported 17,866 jobs and more than $978 million in personal income.

A copy of his full letter can be foundhere.