Two cattle operations located west of the tiny hamlet of Doon, IA
are getting the sort of scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration that it normally reserves
Meat inspectors at federally regulated plants that slaughter animals got new instructions for humane treatment of animals.
Announced Monday by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the instructions
Dairy cows sold for slaughter in New Mexico were found to have drug residues, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In a June 24 warning letter
For millennia, rinderpest, a deadly cattle disease, has wreaked havoc on livestock and wildlife populations on three continents, resulting in massive animal death, extensive human famine, and loss of draught
FORT COLLINS, CO–The joint Department of Justice/USDA workshop that was held here was a day-long demonstration of how rural America’s views are widely differing when it comes
Brazil’s three largest meatpackers, JBS Friboi, Marfrig Alimentos and Minerva, have suspended cattle purchases from 221 ranches located on indigenous land, conservation areas, or near recently-deforested areas in the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection (FSIS) has developed a compliance guide on known practices for pre-harvest management to reduce E. coli O157:H7 contamination
On Monday, thirty-two groups filed a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) urging both agencies to abandon plans to
In areas of India where the Hindu majority holds sway, “spent cows” wander freely because they are considered sacred as motherly figures that gave people milk.
In the United States,
A Central Indiana dairy farm sold a small herd of cattle for slaughter as food that tests showed had higher than permissible levels of various antibiotics in kidney and liver
One dairy cow in Kentucky is an example of how antibacterial drugs could be getting into the food supply.
Sulfamethazine is a sulfa drug used to treat bacterial diseases in
Much higher than allowable levels of the antibiotic sulfadimethoxine have been found in a culled dairy cow sold for slaughter by P&D Dairy in Chino, CA.
The U.