Hearing on Beef Packaging Fails Activists' Smell Test
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The process of writing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, but rarely is rotten meat actually present at a congressional hearing. Yet some is expected this afternoon at a House Agriculture Committee hearing "to review technologies in the meat industry."
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USDA sanctions Calif. meatpacker for not having prevented sick animals from entering food supply.
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The Agriculture Department failed to adequately assess possible environmental impacts before approving genetically engineered alfalfa, a judge ruled.
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Food flown into the UK will be stripped of its organic status unless it meets stricter ethical standards.
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Regulators have issued a public health alert for about 14,800 pounds of missing ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday.
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With the government set to allow food from cloned animals onto the market Â and consumers not yet convinced it's safe Â meat and dairy producers are promoting an industry-led system to track cloned livestock.
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Wisconsin meat processor Emmpak  Foods Inc. voluntarily recalled 123,000 pounds of ground beef  sent to retailers in 10 states because it may be contaminated  with hydraulic oil, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service  said on Tuesday.
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The state&#39;s Animal Health Commissioner, George Teagarden, says the inconclusive test for Mad Cow Disease didn&#39;t come from Kansas.
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What clues does a blind vodka tasting hold for the EU as member states disagree on what raw ingredients should be allowed?
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TOKYO - Japan could stop testing newborn and younger cows for mad cow disease without posing a risk to public health, a special panel decided Monday, in a ruling that could influence talks to lift Tokyo&#39;s ban on American beef imports.
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The Food and Drug Administration should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups said in separate statements on Tuesday.
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This article by Diane Farsetta takes a closer look at why the USDA bans independent testing for mad cow disease. When one beef producer wanted to test its own products in order to meet international safety
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WASHINGTON, June 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) expressed disappointment with today's House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management markup of H.R. 2419, the 2007 Farm Bill.
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Japan's decision on reopening its market  to U.S. beef will not be affected by the U.S. decision to  reduce its mad cow testing program, although Tokyo still wants  Washington not to do so, Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa  said on Friday.
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The European Unionâs head office said Monday it had filed a complaint against the United States and Canada for failing to lift sanctions against the EU over its ban on imports of hormone-treated beef.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 13--DURHAM -- City water wasn't tested for volatile organic compounds last year because the samples kept getting misplaced, deputy city manager Ted Voorhees said Monday.
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Federal regulators have turned down a request from Monsanto Co. to take action against dairy companies that advertise milk as free of synthetic hormones.