Attorneys representing the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in 2014 because the agency would not declare the most dangerous Salmonella strains as adulterants.
But after only about 60 working days, the same attorneys cited Civil Procedure Rule 41 A to get
Continue Reading Marler ups the ante on meat industry; petitions USDA to ban 31 Salmonella strains
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) went on the record Monday with a long list of things the agency found wrong in a Washington Post story last week about the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS).
Here’s how the Washington Post began their lengthy
Continue Reading It was a hog report that USDA couldn’t stomach
The United States of America is 400 days into President Donald J. Trump’s administration, yet four top USDA jobs remain vacant. The vacant positions aren’t what you call insignificant. After the Secretary of Agriculture, they are likely the most important jobs at USDA, especially when it comes to delivery of
Continue Reading After the Secretary, USDA’s 4 most important jobs remain vacant
From Breitbart News Network to The Washington Post, a story about Costco shopping carts and raw meat briefly captured the attention of media from right to left this week in a rare alignment.
Actually, though, Costco is getting a raw
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Breitbart, WAPO on the same page with gross news
Okay, would any us know or care if the United States Senate ceased to exist? Nebraska, with its unicameral, is a well-run state. And the U.S. Senate original purpose was to represent the states in our federal union.
Next to our entry into World War I, changing to direct election
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Let’s be done with the U.S. Senate
Quorn is getting some press coverage again after a Sunday Washington Post article laid out the Food and Drug Administration’s lack of oversight concerning the safety of food additives. Mycoprotein is a fungus-based meat substitute that is used in Quorn brand foods, and consumer advocates have compiled lists of the
Continue Reading GRAS Concerns are Back in the Media Spotlight
Another newspaper has weighed into the debate over antibiotics in agriculture. In a piece titled “Meat and ‘superbugs,'” the Washington Post editorial board argued for “a more concerted effort” from industry, regulators and scientists to help combat antibiotic resistance.
The article, published in Sunday’s paper, follows last week’s editorial
Continue Reading Washington Post Calls for More Action on Antibiotics
