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Are there enough wild horses to bring back equine slaughter for human food?

By Dan Flynn on January 20, 2023

A lengthy joint resolution in the Wyoming House calls upon Congress to bring back equine slaughter and processing for markets outside the United States. Wyoming is offering the resolution as a “best management practice” for…

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Same canvas, different picture

By Guest Contributor on November 10, 2021
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By Michael Fisher

The FSN article “25 years later FSIS final rule on pathogen reduction still making a difference,” tells a story through rose-colored glasses. Like Paul Wolseley of the FSIS Office of Field…
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Iowa lawmakers look at raw milk again; previous efforts failed

By Coral Beach on January 31, 2018

A subcommittee of three state legislators in Iowa voted 2-1 Tuesday to advance a bill that would allow dairy operators in the state to sell unpasteurized milk direct to consumers.

Similar bills have not survived…
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Hawaii lawmakers say locavores want unpasteurized, raw milk

By Coral Beach on January 25, 2017

milk-cow-406Citing increasing demand for local food, a group of state legislators in Hawaii is supporting a bill to allow the sale of raw milk in retail stores, but only if it has “a label that…
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Michigan governor nixes bill to kill mushroom certification

By Coral Beach on January 7, 2017

morel mushroomsAn anti-regulation bill that would have eliminated a training requirement for people selling wild mushrooms to food establishments in Michigan has been vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

The measure, HB 5532, was approved along party…
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Compromise bill on GMO labeling lands on president’s desk

By Dan Flynn on July 14, 2016

The Senate compromise bill for labeling food with genetically modified ingredients is on its way to President Obama’s desk after gaining a solid 306-117 bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives early this afternoon. ovaloffice_406x250Passage…
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UPDATED: Foreign catfish discover the U.S. really does have borders

By News Desk on June 22, 2016

Editor’s note on update: A list of specific retail locations that received the recalled product is now available on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service website. Click here for the list  which may be …
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Scientists tell Congress genetically engineered food is safe

By News Desk on May 18, 2016

The first genetically modified food to hit the market 22 years ago was a tomato that did not win any taste tests. But it did pass the food safety test, and genetically engineered food has…
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Colorado bans letters, numbers, symbols on restaurant reports

By News Desk on May 5, 2016

He does not make much use of the veto power and he is the former owner of a popular Denver brew pub. Both of those facts make it unlikely that Gov. John Hickenlooper will veto…
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Vermont bill would extend on-farm slaughter exemption

By Coral Beach on April 9, 2016

A bill to extend on-farm slaughter privileges for small farmers in Vermont is set for discussion and a possible vote in the state Senate’s Agriculture Committee next week. Proponents include small farmers and fans of…
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