date:Feb 28, 2013
11 letter to President Obama said a furlough of necessary inspectors may force meat and poultry plants to close.
Closing businesses as contemplated by the secretary would, according to U.S.D.A., cause production losses of $10 billion, cost company employees more than $400 million in lost wages, and impose untold losses on the more than 1 million livestock and poultry producers in this country, he said.
Mr. Boyle said the meat and poultry statutes impose a legal obligation on the U.S.D.A. to pr