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Lab-made meat, poultry get big funding boost from big food

By Cookson Beecher on September 15, 2017

It’s the future of meat and poultry — or at least part of the future.

That’s what some investors, among them global agricultural heavyweight Cargill Inc., are saying about meat grown in labs from cells…
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Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law is second to be found unconstitutional

By Dan Flynn on July 8, 2017

Utah’s law criminalizing “both lying to get into an agricultural operation and filming once inside” violates the First Amendment and has been declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby.

The ruling announced late Friday…
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FDA: Marketing, labeling of animal antibiotics to change in 2017

By News Desk on July 5, 2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tightening up regulations on the marketing and labeling of so-called “medically important antimicrobials” used on food animals. Such a move has long been sought by those concerned…
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Health Canada may allow the sale of irradiated raw ground beef

By News Desk on May 31, 2016
Health Canada plans to suggest amendments to the country’s Food and Drug Regulations in June which would add ground beef to the list of foods permitted to undergo radiation treatment before being sold in Canada.

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Meat substitutes: Safer and just as tasty as the real thing?

By Cathy Siegner on April 4, 2016
Women with veggie burger
A veggie burger with a side of salad.

Portland, OR — On a recent rainy evening, Native Foods Cafe in Bridgeport Village was bustling. Customers crowded around the counter to order

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Coming Next Summer: Antibiotic-Free Chicken From Papa John’s

By Lydia Zuraw on December 18, 2015

Papa-Johns_406x250Papa John’s is the latest fast-food chain to announce plans to cut out antibiotics from its chicken production. But while McDonald’s set a two-year timeline, Chick-fil-A set a five-year timeline, and Subway was criticized for…
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Idaho Appeals Federal Court Decision Overturning States’s Ag-Gag Law

By Dan Flynn on December 17, 2015

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to review a lower federal court’s opinion that the Gem State’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional.…
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USDA: Alternatives to Antibiotics to Keep Food Animals Healthy

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on November 19, 2015

(This article was posted Nov. 18, 2015, on the USDA blog site.) Antibiotics are lifesavers. We depend on them to treat bacterial infections and diseases, such as pneumonia, bronchitis and strep throat, as well…
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Managing ‘Black Gold’: Animal Manure and Antibiotic Resistance

By Cookson Beecher on November 9, 2015

Many farmers refer to manure as “black gold” and rightly so because it adds nutrients to the soil, which helps crops grow and be more productive.

In earlier times, before the advent of synthetic fertilizers,

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What Subway Serves for Lunch Can Help Save Lives

By David Wallinga, M.D. on November 5, 2015

Antibiotics have been making lots of headlines in the past year as restaurant chains increasingly announce plans to phase out their routine use in meat and poultry supply chains. Panera and Chipotle are leading the…
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Subway to Phase Out Poultry Products Raised With Antibiotics

By Cathy Siegner on October 21, 2015
Subway Restaurants announced Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, that its 27,000-plus outlets in the United States will start transitioning early next year to serving poultry products made only from turkeys and chickens raised without antibiotics. “Beginning

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