AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TO SPEAK AT MEMORIAL SERVICE                                    
                                                                    

Media Advisory
						Release No. 0017.98                                            
                                                               
                                                                 


                                    		   Tom Amontree, 202-720-4623
                                          		tom.amontree@usda.gov


AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TO SPEAK AT MEMORIAL SERVICE

     Washington, DC, Jan. 15, 1998 -- Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will speak at the fifth
anniversary memorial service, sponsored by Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.) on Sunday, Jan. 18 at
4:00 p.m. The memorial service will commemorate the 1993 E.coli 0157:H7 outbreak and the four
children who died.

     Included in his remarks, Secretary Glickman will discuss the departments new food safety
program that is being implemented in meat and poultry plants nationwide beginning Jan. 26, 1998. 
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) requires meat and poultry inspections to be based
on science, including testing for microbial pathogens.  HACCP replaces the "poke and sniff" system
used for the last 90 years.

     The memorial service will take place at the First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple,
77 West Washington, Chicago IL.  

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