Two amendments added to the Senate agriculture appropriations bill on Thursday deal with horse slaughter and genetically modified salmon. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) introduced an amendment during the full committee markup that would ban horse slaughter, calling it both a health and a budget issue. “We should not be
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Landrieu Gets Oyster Regs Out of Food Safety Bill
The bill that is supposed to empower the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) instead contains some restrictions when it comes to the oyster industry thanks to one Louisiana senator.
Democratic U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu managed to get language in the Senate Food Safety Bill, S. 510, that limits FDA’s
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