Despite having been rebuffed last year by Congress, the administration also stepped up its campaign to reduce pork-barrel spending, even singling out programs that it considered to be of questionable merit, like a $3 million renewable-energy project in Winona, Miss., and $2.25 million for "winter recreation opportunities" in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Many of the emerging and re-emerging zoonoses causing diseases in humans and pigs have potential to cause severe economic consequences because of the mortality and production loss in pigs, trade sanctions on exporting animal products from an infected country or region, public health concerns leading to pig culling operations and reduced pork consumption, and public health burden of the diseases.
In Europe only, we asked additional closed-ended questions about stopping or reducing eating pork as a result of the pandemic (yes/ no), and the precautionary desire for anti-viral drugs at home ('would you like to have your own anti-viral drugs at home just in case'? 'Have you tried to obtain any anti-viral medicines to keep just in case?' (both yes/ no answers)).
In other areas, Japan appeared likely to gradually reduce tariffs on pork and beef but was more reluctant to give access to foreign rice growers.
He said Congress should "cut out that pork, reduce the spending and send me a responsible measure that I can sign into law".
There were definitely a lot of things happening when I made my pork tacos al pastor---warming the tortillas, marinating the pork, searing the pork, reducing the sauce, and prepping the taco topping.
Burger King was the first large fast-food chain to reduce its purchases of pork produced in facilities that use gestation crates, taking that step in 2007 at the same time it began adding cage-free eggs to its supply chain, according to the Humane Society.
If you do reduce the amount of pork fat used in the recipe, then you may want to also adjust the amount of spices.
MPs who become ministers must resign from parliament, to reduce the scope for pork-barrel politics.
Sixteen years ago, the government of Denmark, the world's largest exporter of pork, took the bold step of asking its pork industry to reduce the amount of antibiotics given to pigs.
Make quick work of reducing a whole pork shoulder to smoky meaty shreds.
