Friday, September 3, 2010
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September 3, 2010
USDA official speaks at healthy schools event
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon met with students and staff at Southern Middle School to applaud their participation in Fuel Up to Play 60, an initiative that promotes better nutrition and increased physical activity.
September 2, 2010
Veal video prompts U.S. retailers comment
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale Corp. has released a statement in response to a video of veal calves in individual crates on an Ohio farm, made surreptitiously by a group called Mercy for Animals (MFA).
September 1, 2010
NCC on Ethanol subsidy
fleischwirtschaft.com – USA, Washington, D.C. In the letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), NCC (National Chicken Council) and other major poultry and livestock trade associations have urged U.S. Congress to allow the tax subsidy and protective tariff for ethanol to expire as scheduled in December.
August 31, 2010
U.S. livestock producers fear gipsa rule’s consequences
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. Beef and pork producers rallied against USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's (GIPSA) proposed federal rule on the buying and selling of livestock at a public meeting held in Fort Collins (USA).
August 30, 2010
More than a thousand people for competition workshop
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA, Washington. More than a thousand people assembled in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA), for a United States Department of Agriculture-Department of Justice workshop to examine competition in the livestock industry.
August 27, 2010
Millions of livestock dead or in danger in Pakistan
fleischwirtschaft.com - PAKISTAN/ITALY. Millions of livestock have been affected by the floods in Pakistan and are badly in need of food and medicine, FAO said.
August 26, 2010
High-Tech imaging can distinguish campylobacter
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. A type of high-tech imaging can be used to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms as quickly as 24 hours after a sample is placed on solid media in a Petri dish, according to a study published by USDA scientists.
August 25, 2010
USDA assists “HealthierUS” compaign
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack encouraged schools throughout the country to participate in the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC), an initiative on the nutrition of children.
August 24, 2010
New markets for Canadian livestock producers
fleischwirtschaft.com - CANADA, Ottawa. Canadian breeding cattle are back in Colombia after almost 10 years of trade restrictions, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced.
August 23, 2010
New USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
fleischwirtschaft.com – USA, Washington. U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intent to recess appoint Elisabeth Hagen, M.D., as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety.

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