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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/video-release-walden-questions-fda-official-mike-taylor-about-new-food | VIDEO RELEASE: Walden questions FDA official Mike Taylor about new food safety rules, impact on Oregon farmers | 2014-02-05 | 2014 | 2014-02 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | VIDEO RELEASE: Walden questions FDA official Mike Taylor about new food safety rules, impact on Oregon farmers Click here or on the image below to watch the exchange between Walden and Taylor WASHINGTON, D.C. The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held a hearing on the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) with FDA Deputy Commissioner Mike Taylor. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), a senior member of the committee, questioned Taylor about how he would get input from Oregon growers as his agency redrafts the food safety rules. Click here to watch their exchange. Mr. Taylor, I've appreciated the meetings I've had with you and your team, and your openness to taking a look at how some of the ag practices occur on the ground and may be in disconnect with the original rules. I appreciate you coming out to the Northwest and taking time to meet with our growers out there, especially with onion growers on the east side of my district, Walden said. What interactions might you be having with farmers and ranchers out in the West, in districts like mine, as you write these new rules? Obviously, that continued communication is important to the extent to which it is allowed under the rule making process, Walden continued. Taylor assured Walden that he would continue to listen to growers as they work to redraft the rules. He added that research coming out of Oregon State University was helpful to their efforts as they work on rules that keep food safe without putting farmers out of business. Walden and other members of Congress, including Reps. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), twice met with Taylor to discuss growers' concerns with the draft rules. After the first meeting, Taylor and other FDA officials traveled to the Pacific Northwest to hear from farmers first-hand. In November, Walden met with researchers and onion growers at Oregon State's Malheur County Experiment Station to learn about their research into the scientific basis of the food safety rules the FDA is developing. For example, according to the research conducted at the station, dry bulb onions grown in eastern Oregon pose little risk of E. coli contamination. Walden presented that research to the FDA the following week. In December, the FDA announced that they would revise draft rules on water quality that would affect Oregon fruit and vegetable growers. At the time, Walden hailed that decision as a victory for common sense. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |