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Marler ups the ante on meat industry; petitions USDA to ban 31 Salmonella strains

By Dan Flynn on January 20, 2020

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…
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It was a hog report that USDA couldn’t stomach

By Dan Flynn on April 9, 2019

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…
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After the Secretary, USDA’s 4 most important jobs remain vacant

By Dan Flynn on February 22, 2018

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…
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Beach Beat: Breitbart, WAPO on the same page with gross news

By Coral Beach on January 28, 2018

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.

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Letter From The Editor: Let’s be done with the U.S. Senate

By Dan Flynn on October 29, 2017

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…
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GRAS Concerns are Back in the Media Spotlight

By Lydia Zuraw on August 19, 2014

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…
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Washington Post Calls for More Action on Antibiotics

By Helena Bottemiller on July 3, 2012

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…
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