The Bush Administration gave the USDA Secretary of Agriculture position
to Anne Venemon (who once served on Monsanto’s Calgene Board of
Directors). She appointed Dale Moore as her Chief of Staff. Prior to
playing his new role of "protecting" consumers from food safety
threats
like Mad Cow Disease, Dale Moore was the chief lobbyist for the National
Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Source: http://www.usda.gov/agencies/gallery/moore.htm
