1.   Among those are child nutrition, food safety inspection, food stamps, low-income energy assistance, Medicaid and public housing.

2.   As secretary, Espy embarked on a cost-cutting drive and an effort to improve food inspections.

3.   A decade has already passed since the National Academy of Sciences officially recommended that food inspection utilize new technology to target harmful bacteria.

4.   Food safety inspections of foreign produce are limited to samplings of imported foods once they arrive in the United States.

5.   Glickman is likely to name panel members who favor modernization of food inspection.

6.   He said he also wanted to examine the rationale for having food inspection responsibilities divided among a number of federal agencies.

7.   Instead of arguments about gays in the military, we have legislation to block modernization of food supply inspection.

8.   Smaller increase are proposed for food safety inspection, wetland preservation, watershed protection, and competitive agricultural research programs.

9.   The bill contains money for the Department of Agriculture, tobacco support programs, food safety inspections and farm loans.

10.   The Clinton administration has done much to improve food safety inspections.