Congresswoman
Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) has sent letters to the heads of
the USDA and the FDA urging them to coordinate their oversight
of BSE. -
Posted 6/30/05 by JBW
Cattle
producers were cautiously optimistic about consumer reaction
to the news that a presumably American animal had tested
positive for BSE. -
Posted 6/29/05 by JBW
Controversy
breaks out between the Food Safety Commission and the
Japanese government over reopening their market to American
beef products. - Posted 6/22/05 by AHW
The United
States and Russia have signed an agreement that will enhance
the access of U.S. meat and poultry to the Russian market. -
Posted 6/20/05 by AHW
Samples
from the animal that recently tested positive for BSE
will not be sent to the OIE BSE World Reference Laboratory
until later this week. - Posted 6/14/05 by JBW
Food
Standards: Requirements for Substitute Standardized Meat
and Poultry Products Named by Use of an Expressed Nutrient
Content Claim and a Standardized Term. -
Posted 6/13/05 by JBW
Several legal briefs have been accepted by the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , most supporting USDA's
position in its appeal of an injunction keeping the U.S.
border closed to live Canadian cattle. -
Posted 6/9/05 by AHW
The
European Commission is considering a recommendation to
relax its rules regarding removal of specified risk materials
(SRMs) from slaughtered cattle. -
Posted 6/8/05 by AHW
Next month oral arguments will be heard in USDA's appeal
of the temporary injunction keeping the Canadian border
closed to live cattle.
- Posted 6/3/05 by AHW
Radical animal-rights activists may be the last people
you'd think would be planning school lessons for your
children. Well, think again. -
Posted 6/3/05 by JBW
