date:Aug 09, 2013
that he was surprised by just how much interest there was.
He said nearly 20 regulators attended and another 30 to 40 called into the meeting, which was scheduled for an hour, but lasted two hours because of the high level of interest in the matter. (Howarth also clarified that someone at FSIS leaked the PowerPoint to the Washington Post and that the company did not share the presentation with the paper.)
The reaction from FSIS officials was very, very good, he said. They told me this is very