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Those who work in the arena of public affairs risk more than paper cuts when they decide to work with their opponents. I know this from the years when I worked for developers in
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African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual
Opinion
Editor’s note: This column is published here with the permission of the author, Leah Garcés.
Over the past few months, news reports of China’s African swine fever problem, which is decimating the country’s
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Animal Cruelty Conviction in North Carolina Might Be The Last for Awhile
Animal activists from Los Angles-based Mercy for Animals are taking credit this week for the conviction of Danny Miranda on three counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty, but it might be awhile before they or others
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Tyson ‘Striving to Eliminate’ Human Antibiotics in Chickens
Tyson Foods, the largest poultry producer in the U.S., announced Tuesday that it would strive to quit using human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. The company, based in Springdale,
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Perdue Recalls 15,306 Pounds of Chicken Nuggets for Potential Plastic Pieces
Perdue Farms of Gainesville, GA, is recalling approximately 15,306 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken nugget product that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service announced Tuesday.
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Eastern Shore Chicken Operations Are Not Violating Clean Water Act
The family-owned Hudson Farm that contracts with Perdue Farms Inc. to raise chickens for the Perdue brand on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is not in violation of the federal Clean Water Act, Senior U.S. District Judge
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Promise of Decision in Chesapeake Bay Poultry Case Before Year’s End
A federal judge in Baltimore has promised to issue his written decision, which could determine the future of the entire poultry industry on Maryland’s eastern shore, by year’s end. U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson
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Humane Society Files Suit Against Perdue Farms
In the Humane Society of the United State’s continuing fight against factory farms, one of its New Jersey members is pursuing a class action lawsuit against Perdue Farms, alleging that the poultry company is falsely
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