Pork Promoter Appointed to Senior USDA Nutrition Post

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Pork Promoter Appointed to Senior USDA Nutrition Post

 

 

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson

 

 

At a time of enormous public concern about obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and

other diet-related diseases, it is sad—though not surprising—that the Department

of Agriculture (USDA) would appoint a meat-industry insider, Eric Hentges, to

head its Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

Dr. Hentges, an animal scientist, has devoted his career not to promoting

nutrition, but to promoting meat consumption, from hot dogs to pork chops. If

anything, his previous employment by the National Pork Producers Council and the

National Livestock and Meat Board should have disqualified him from heading a

government unit that should be protecting human health through better nutrition.

He has defended higher-sodium pork and fatty sausages, supported the consumption

of hot dogs by children (in the context of a “balanced, varied diet”), and

opposed nutrition labeling on steaks and chops.

Note: The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion is USDA’s lead agency for

human—not animal— nutrition policies. It helps produce “Dietary Guidelines for

Americans” and the Food Guide Pyramid, as well as nutrition guidelines for

low-income Americans.

 

 

 

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