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Diana R. H. Winters

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Diana R. H. Winters is a Visiting Assistant at Boston University Law School, where she is the Health Law Scholar. Her research involves issues of food safety and the decision-making processes of federal agencies. Previously she was an Assistant Solicitor General with the New York Attorney General's Office. She holds a J.D. from New York University and a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Harvard University.

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California's Better Rule on Treatment of 'Downer' Pigs

by Diana R. H. Winters | Nov 10, 2011

Every day, hundreds of pigs arriving at American slaughterhouses are, or become, unable to stand or walk before they are slaughtered. Federal law allows the entry of these "downer" pigs into the food supply after inspection (although downer cattle are banned from processing for human consumption), but California has a law banning such animals from the food supply. On Wednesday,...

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