Industrial Livestock

Germans speaking out against industrial meat and agriculture

One of Berlin’s big newspapers, the Berlin Zeitung, flashed images of little piglets today and of mass produced turkeys.

The USDA plan for deregulating and privatizing meat and poultry inspection: A short history

Minneapolis, December 5, 2013 — In early November, the European Commission (EC) posted on its website a report evaluating Australian meat inspection. The upshot of the report will be to ban imports of Australian beef, pork and lamb because Australia allows companies producing meat products to also inspect them for safety.

Who’s afraid of COOL?

To truly see the power of agribusiness, and its growing disconnect from regular people and farmers, look no further than the current dust-up over Country of Origin Labeling (COOL).

FDA to withdraw approvals of arsenic in animal feed

October 1st, 2013, Washington, DC —Late yesterday, under threat of a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to a nearly four-year-old petition, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the vast majority of arsenic-containing compoun

Big Meat imitates Big Tobacco in fighting the public’s right to know

Eight meatpacking industry groups recently sued to stop implementation of the popular Country of Origin Label (COOL) law (sup

WEBINAR: China, Smithfield and the Global Meat Industry

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795 doctors, nurses and health professionals urge White House to jumpstart stalled FDA on antibiotics

Today, 795 health professionals from across the country sent a joint letter to President Obama urging his leadership in getting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to jumpstart its now-stalled policies to help protect the future effectiveness of antibiotics by reducing th

Sign-on letter supporting a variety of amendments to strengthen competition

FDA ignores toxic arsenic in animal feed

Washington, D.C., May 1, 2013 – Today attorneys at Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit on behalf of CFS, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and seven other U.S.

New petition asks FDA to prohibit yet another unnecessary antibiotic use

WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to a petition submitted today to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), antibiotic use in ethanol production is illegal, unnecessary and adds to the catastrophic public health threat from antibiotic-resistant infections in humans.