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A permanent ban on horse slaughter might replace that yearly budget proviso

By Dan Flynn on February 11, 2021

Only an annual budget proviso keeps USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service from providing equine inspection services. Without USDA inspection, horses cannot be slaughtered in the U.S. for human consumption.   

Whether or not the…
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WY Editorials Warn Against Dangers of ‘Food Freedom’ Bill

By Dan Flynn on February 4, 2015

Editorial writers for Wyoming’s largest and capital city newspapers want the state Senate to reject the “Food Freedom Act” that just unanimously passed the state House of Representatives. “The measure, which lawmakers recently described as…
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Wyoming Lawmaker Sue Wallis, Raw Milk and Horse Slaughter Advocate, Found Dead at Age 56

By Dan Flynn on January 30, 2014

Wyoming State Rep. Sue Wallis (R-Recluse) was found dead early Tuesday at a Gillette hotel. She was 56. An autopsy is planned, according to Campbell County Coroner Tom Eekhoff. Governor Matt Mead ordered state flags…
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Indiana Joins Wyoming in Moving 'Ag-Gag' Closer to Law

By Dan Flynn on March 1, 2013

A second state legislative body has passed more legal protection for those who wish to practice animal agriculture in relative secrecy. In a 30-to-20 vote, the Indiana Senate passed Senate Bill (SB)-0373, making it…
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Wyoming House Passes "Ag-Gag" for Farm & Ranch Protection

By Dan Flynn on February 14, 2013

Just before she had to go Laramie for the Wyoming Legislature’s two month session, libertarian Republican Sue Wallis had to bury her husband of 19 years, cowboy poet Rod McQueary. But the Recluse rancher has…
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Cow Share Agreements Will Start Raw Milk Flow in Wyoming

By News Desk on September 21, 2012

Regulations that will likely result in more people getting sick are the regulations most people want, says Dean Finkenbinder, consumer health services manager for Wyoming’s Agriculture Department. He is referring to language the department plans…
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USDA Ready to Inspect Horse Slaughter By Year End

By Dan Flynn on July 30, 2012

Equine inspections will be back on the menu at USDA by the end of the year, according to Al Almanza, administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

On Saturday, Almanza told the Texas-based…
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Wyoming To Loosen Raw Milk Rules, Just A Bit

By Dan Flynn on July 16, 2012

Proposed changes to the Wyoming Food Safety Rules put the Cowboy State no closer to allowing commercial sales of raw milk, leaving advocates for retail sales disappointed. Wyoming is one of 20 states that bans…
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Horse Slaughter Sides Agree on Food Safety Problem

By Dan Flynn on July 2, 2012

Before horses can again be slaughtered in the United States for human consumption,  USDA is going to have to get a harness on one food safety issue that all sides agree is a problem. Unlike…
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Top Food Safety Stories of 2010: Nos. 16 & 15

By Dan Flynn on December 24, 2010

In our second installment of the Top Food Safety Stories of the year series, the Number 16 story is “Taylor’s Maid-Rite Cannot Get ‘Red Violation’ Waiver From Iowa House.”

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In March, when the Iowa Senate…

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