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 proviso gets included in each year’s annual federal budget has almost been like a flip-of-the
Continue Reading A permanent ban on horse slaughter might replace that yearly budget proviso
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 ‘an old friend,’ has come calling previously in many forms,” the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle editorialized this
Continue Reading WY Editorials Warn Against Dangers of ‘Food Freedom’ Bill
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 at the Wyoming Capitol Building in Cheyenne and in Campbell County lowered to half-staff from
Continue Reading Wyoming Lawmaker Sue Wallis, Raw Milk and Horse Slaughter Advocate, Found Dead at Age 56
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 unlawful to photograph or make a video recording or motion picture of agriculture operations without
Continue Reading Indiana Joins Wyoming in Moving 'Ag-Gag' Closer to Law
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 not slowed her pace. She was one of the most passionate advocates of a domestic
Continue Reading Wyoming House Passes "Ag-Gag" for Farm & Ranch Protection
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 to send to the Attorney General, making it legal for cow shareowners to acquire the
Continue Reading Cow Share Agreements Will Start Raw Milk Flow in Wyoming
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 Southwest Meat Association, meeting in San Antonio, that USDA will be ready to inspect plants
Continue Reading USDA Ready to Inspect Horse Slaughter By Year End
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 the commercial sale of raw milk. That position is not changing, according to the state’s
Continue Reading Wyoming To Loosen Raw Milk Rules, Just A Bit
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 cows, pigs, sheep or goats, the 9 or 10 million horses in the United States
Continue Reading Horse Slaughter Sides Agree on Food Safety Problem
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.”
In March, when the Iowa Senate by voice vote exempted a popular restaurant from a red code violation of the state’s
Continue Reading Top Food Safety Stories of 2010: Nos. 16 & 15
