The number of horses likely being exported for slaughter has not dropped off anywhere near enough for animal activists. It is believed that Mexican slaughter plants during 2023 took 17,997 horses from Arizona, New Mexico
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Gorgonzola was recalled in Canada after testing showed contamination with Listeria
Two brands of gorgonzola truffle cheese are being recalled in Canada because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall follows testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Consumers are urged to check their homes for…
Continue Reading Gorgonzola was recalled in Canada after testing showed contamination with ListeriaBrazilian judge cuts $2.1 billion off JBS owner’s bribery fines
Did you get something big for Christmas? Big?!! I bet it was not as big as the gift a Brazilian Supreme Court judge gave J&F, the family investment firm that controls the world’s largest meatpacker…
Continue Reading Brazilian judge cuts $2.1 billion off JBS owner’s bribery finesMontana’s new “Food Freedom” Act may violate the state’s constitution
Montana’s First Judicial District Court is being asked to review the state Legislature’s “Food Freedom” bills enacted in 2021 and 2023. The legislation is known as the “Montana Local Food Choice Act.”
The legal action…
Continue Reading Montana’s new “Food Freedom” Act may violate the state’s constitutionBook review: On the Mechanics of becoming a power under the statehouse dome
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Continue Reading Book review: On the Mechanics of becoming a power under the statehouse domeA new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industry
Joint regulation of cell-cultured meat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food.
To help fill that transparency gap, the…
Continue Reading A new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industryBrashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data
Mindy Brashears was Under Secretary for Food Safety in late 2020 when USDA’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a plan to decrease Salmonella with an approach…
Continue Reading Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved dataMonday’s webinar with FDA’s Jim Jones is open to all
An Alliance for a Stronger FDA webinar on Monday, Nov. 13, will feature Jim Jones, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Alison Bodor of the American Frozen Foods Institute, and Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer…
Continue Reading Monday’s webinar with FDA’s Jim Jones is open to allPositive test for Salmonella prompts recall of whole cantaloupes in Canada
Fruits et Légumes Gaétan Bono is recalling whole cantaloupes in Canada because of contamination with Salmonella.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports that the cantaloupes were distributed in the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward…
Continue Reading Positive test for Salmonella prompts recall of whole cantaloupes in CanadaPork producers ask for partial summary judgment ahead of Boston bench trial
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Ashley Campbell, the defendants being sued in federal court by Midwest pork producers, have until Nov. 7 to respond to a motion for a…
Continue Reading Pork producers ask for partial summary judgment ahead of Boston bench trial