The safety of our nation's workers is as important as the quality of meat we produce. We cannot sanction lost fingers, broken arms and severe musculoskeletal injuries for $90 million.
AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.24.2012
WASHINGTON — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash &nda...
David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.22.2012
There is an intrinsic problem with measuring the quality of a system by how well it conforms to what you already believe. Such a system gets bonus points for agreeing with you -- even when you are wrong.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.22.2012
Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide. To address it, Jamie Oliver launched the first-ever, global Food Revolution Day which took place in 620 cities around the globe.
Posted 05.21.2012
WASHINGTON -- When six chimpanzees escaped from a private Mechanicsville, Va., zoo in July 2010, the local animal control chief, Kevin M. Kilgore, ass...
Gregg McBride | Posted 05.14.2012
Are you sure you were enjoying a delicious filet mignon the last time you went out to a fancy steakhouse? Or were you eating pieces of stew-quality meat that were "glued" together to form what resembled a filet mignon, but was actually anything but?
Posted 05.15.2012
Americans are likely hearing from debt collectors more in recent years than in the past, but a practice that may become even more common: debt collect...
AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.10.2012
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Consumers could see some relief from higher food prices by late fall, if the latest government crop forecast holds up. The U.S. A...
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.09.2012
Science backs up common sense: Shoving pipes down birds' throat several times a day and pumping them so full of food that their livers become diseased and balloon up is horribly cruel.
Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.05.2012
Water pollution trading is creeping into the non-regulatory landscape across the country and in the Bay watershed. That's good news for those looking to profit off the losses of others, but bad news for anyone who cares about water quality,
Posted 05.04.2012
Is the tradition of school bake sales nearing an end? At a time when school communities are forced to increase fundraising efforts amid tighter...
Posted 04.25.2012
The USDA has confirmed that a case of mad cow disease was found in a California dairy cow. It is the fourth case of mad cow, or bovine spongiform en...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.20.2012
WASHINGTON -- When he was working on a poultry processing line in northern Alabama last year, Jorge Polanco-Mercado watched new workers come and go al...
Donna Solomon, DVM | Posted 04.18.2012
Yesterday I was discussing with a conscientious dog owner her pet's diet. It instantly became clear to me that food labeling on pet's food can be confusing and potentially misleading.
Wenonah Hauter | Posted 04.18.2012
Food & Water Watch is not a "Johnny-come-lately" to the food safety program at the USDA. We are opposed to the proposed poultry inspection rule for several reasons.
Joe Hansen | Posted 04.16.2012
The only thing worse than a chicken with its head cut off is one with its head in the sand. That was my initial reaction after reading Administrator Alfred Almanza's piece defending Big Poultry's push to dramatically increase line speed in our nation's plants.
Alfred V. Almanza | Posted 04.13.2012
Over the last few weeks, there's been a lot of misinformation in the media about a proposal by USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to modernize inspection at poultry slaughter plants. In fact, our plan will help prevent foodborne illnesses.
Craig McCord | Posted 04.12.2012
Right now, the USDA inspectors inspect 35 chickens a minute for lovely things such as bile, feces and random spare parts that got through processing. That's a chicken every two seconds.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.05.2012
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama pus...
Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 04.05.2012
The USDA is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn variety resistant to hazardous herbicides.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.03.2012
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Biden sla...
Posted 04.06.2012
The school burger has gotten more than its share of the spotlight lately as parents set off a media firestorm in a rally to remove the controversial, ...
AP | KRISTI EATON | Posted 05.29.2012
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. — Governors of three states got up close with "pink slime" Thursday, touching and examining treated beef at a plant and e...
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.26.2012
By surveying the versatile ecology of cow dung, even urban dwellers, like me, can see the earthy pragmatism embedded in the Indian worship of cows (and indeed all life) as sacred.
WAVY-TV | Posted 03.21.2012
NORFOLK, Va. - Local school cafeterias are getting a choice when it comes to the meat filler known as pink slime. ...
Laura Merriman | Posted 05.29.2012