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Meat Processing
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Food Safety News
Missouri Suspends Local Meat Producer
By News Desk
The Missouri Department of Agriculture's Meat and Poultry Inspection Program temporarily halted all cooked-meat processing for retail and wholesale at Kleoppel Meats in Alma, MO, saying violations had been identified…
Food Safety News
Helping Remove Barriers to Local Meat Processing
By Amy Halloran
Ask meat vendors at a farmers' market what their biggest headache is, and they likely will say getting their animals processed. If those vendors are selling certified organic meat and…
Food Liability Law
USDA and DOJ Scrutinize the Meat Packing Industry
By Jay Eckhardt
Competition in the meat packing industry is currently a central focus of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the USDA. In 2008, the DOJ and 16…
Listeria Blog
Maybe Canada’s Maple Leaf Execs Should Visit This Plant In South Dakota!
Among our friends is one who is high enough up in the agricultural hierarchy of the United States that his appointment required U.S, Senate confirmation. He has nothing directly to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Issues in Iowa
Sharon Cohen of the Associated Press writes:Everyone knew they were there, doing dirty and dangerous work in the massive meatpacking plant. They had come a long way — more than…
E. coli Blog
PETA Says Focus Should be on Preventing Life-Threatening Disease
PETA had hoped to place its brand-new billboard-- showing a middle-aged couple next to the tagline "Meat Causes Cancer ... Go Vegetarian"-- in Southern Pines in time for the North…