Meat Recall

Meat Recall, Economic Downturn: What Will Happen To Whole Foods?

New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business


Whole Foods Market said Monday it would tighten oversight of its suppliers to keep substandard products out of stores, after recalling ground beef tha...

Abusive Slaughterhouse Billed $67 Million For Recall

AP | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business


CHINO, Calif. — The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated wit...

It's Time to Reregulate Business

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Hale

Between toys that might kill our children, a food safety system that isn't working, airlines that might be flying unsafe airplanes, and our entire financial system, it's clear something isn't working.

Turn Your Head and Barf: What Happens When the USDA Looks the Other Way

Elissa Altman | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living


Elissa Altman

Had the Humane Society not released the animal cruelty videos, would the practice of mass processing sick cattle into "food" have ever been questioned or brought to the fore?

Inspectors Say Meat Safety Is Threatened

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business


LOS ANGELES — Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-s...

Teach Your Children Well

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living


Raymond Leon Roker

Through the grainy lens of an undercover camera, the world can see the true origins of that burger, steak or Nike shoe.

Meat Recall Prompts Call for USDA Reform

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business


LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's twin mandates of promoting the nation's agriculture and monitoring it for safety are being qu...

No Cow Left Behind

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

Industrial livestock production relies on the systemic abuse of cows, pigs, chickens, and the workers who process them. When did Americans develop such a taste for torture, anyway?

Beef Industry Responds to Secret Video

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 02.18.2008 | Business


DENVER — Despite a secretly taped video showing workers at a Southern California slaughterhouse abusing sick or crippled animals, nearly all cat...

Topps Meat Shuts Down After Huge Beef Recall

AP | Jeffrey Gold | Posted 10.05.2007 | Business


Topps Meat Co. on Friday said it was closing its business, six days after it was forced to issue the second-largest beef recall in U.S. history and 67...