Tag: usda
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Inspector General Report Finds Lax USDA Organic Oversight
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) oversight of organic food has been lax since the agency’s organic program was launched in 2002, according to a recent Inspector General report.
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usda dropping ‘national animal identification system’?
update: nais dead, food safety not a goal from farmwars: A USDA press release put out yesterday, February 5, 2009, states that implementation of NAIS has been ceased, and instead, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack will opt for a state and tribal-run system. Read this brochure from APHIS: USDA Animal ID Q&A [61kb PDF] … Here is…
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more food safety news: beef, babies, nuts & budgets
should we care about genetically modified foods?*seed monopolies: the warning signs were there*failure to declare leads to recalls*west missouri beef recalls 14,000lbs*more melamine-tainted milk found in china*baby formula recalled in middle east*usda releases study on peanut industry*washington to ban bpa in food containers for kids*obama boosts fda food safety in fy2011 budget*
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food safety news: reports, records & even more recalls
bpi sues to keep ammonia beef records private* flashback: beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia*mainstream media focuses on food safety* chicken pot pies recalled*oregon hazelnut recalls make fda report* 38 state salmonella montevideo outbreak*pepper suspected in salmonella outbreak*water distributors in west virginia & rhode island get fda warnings* usda to lift 21yr ban…
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one quarter of US grain crops fed to cars – not people
from guardian: One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009…
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beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia
safety of beef processing method is questionedfrom nytimes: Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia. The company, Beef Products Inc., had been looking to expand into the hamburger business with…
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turmoil at usda: vilsack, obamonsanto & you
from allgov: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has a lot of angry employees on his hands. The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture began reorganizing staff in October, which included downgrading the positions of chief information officer and chief financial officer, along with other changes affecting the jobs of nearly 3,000 workers. USDA’s CFO, Evan…
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what’s really in that burger? e.coli & feces both allowed by usda
from natural news: There are 14 billion hamburgers consumed each year in the United States alone. The people who eat those burgers, though, have little knowledge of what’s actually in them. Current USDA regulations, for example, openly allow beef contaminated with E. coli to be repackaged, cooked and sold as ready-to-eat hamburgers. This simple fact…
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10/29 binge & purge: unhappy meals
obama supports the food industrial complex& all we get is a lousy white house garden?from organic consumers organization: I’ll admit it. I’m an unabashed fan of the First Lady. I read every article about the White House organic garden and I go to Michele’s farmers’ market every Thursday. I’m a fan and I’m a little…
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video: food inc.
from viddler: In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put…
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10/1 binge & purge: gmo’s & sting-a-roos
video: everything you have to know about dangerous gmo* usda illegally approved gm sugar beets*audio: red lobster introduces new ‘jellyfish sting-a-roos’*
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US beef recall expanded, 18 illnesses suspected
from reuters: A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli O157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to the meat, the company and the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday. Greeley, Colorado-based JBS-Swift Beef Co is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to…