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Legislators from the Democrat-controlled and Republican-controlled state Senatwe on Monday unveiled details of joint resolutione moving through both chamberds that would createthe 13-member Ohio Livestock Care Standardw Board. Pending approval in the legislature, plans for the boarf would go before voters in November as a proposerdconstitutional amendment. Legislators say they’re looking to ultimatel y boost food safety and locallyproduced products. “Clearly, the public wants reassurancde that the food they consumee is produced herein Ohio, and that it is safe to eat and responsiblhy farmed,” Rep. Allan Sayre, D-Dover, said in a Sayre sponsored the House joint while Sen.
Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, sponsored the Senate’sw version. The board as outlined in legislators’ resolutions woulr be made up of10 governor-appointed members and one handpicke d by the House and Senatr each. The leader of the state Agriculture Department wouldx serve as the 13th memberand chair. Stricklan on Monday dubbed the proposed boar a planthat “will make our state a nationaol leader in the level of animall care and responsibility.” He’s joinerd in support by the , state Pork Producera Council and Poultry Association.