Read more USDA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5025/usda.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:41:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73188/video-sting-shuts-down-cruel-slaughterhouse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Humane Society released more video yesterday from its hidden camera sting of Bushway Packing, after the USDA shut down the organic veal slaughterhouse on Friday. The footage, shot this summer, isn’t for the queasy; calves too weak to walk are dragged, kicked and shocked repeatedly, among other abuses. “We...http://www.newser.com/story/73188/video-sting-shuts-down-cruel-slaughterhouse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 14:03:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70965/hobby-farms-cropping-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost evenings, Gary Mithoefer can be found at the end of a long gravel driveway off a busy highway, tending two garden plots filled with white sweet potatoes, squash, cabbages, and a dozen other vegetables still thriving in early fall. The 62-year-old, who gardens after his workday ends at his...http://www.newser.com/story/70965/hobby-farms-cropping-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 12:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70909/ground-beef-rife-with-e-coli-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA nausea-inducing feature in the New York Times tells you more than you wanted to know about what's actually in commercially produced hamburger, and why it's especially vulnerable, despite FDA regulation and several fatal outbreaks in recent years, to E. coli contamination. The Times follows the case of a 22-year-old...http://www.newser.com/story/70909/ground-beef-rife-with-e-coli-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 8:19:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63461/organic-foods-may-not-be-as-pure-as-you-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemand for organic food has boomed into a $23 billion-a-year industry, but consumers who often pay twice as much for food with the coveted label aren't always getting what they expect. The criteria for obtaining a "USDA Organic" certification have been relaxed in recent years, with ostensibly organic products from...http://www.newser.com/story/63461/organic-foods-may-not-be-as-pure-as-you-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 8:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57540/virus-wary-egypt-to-destroy-all-300k-pigs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Egyptian government says it will immediately slaughter the country’s entire population of 300,000 pigs to protect against the swine flu, the AP reports. Egypt has stressed that it has no reported cases of the virus, though two infections have been confirmed in neighboring Israel. The move comes as...http://www.newser.com/story/57540/virus-wary-egypt-to-destroy-all-300k-pigs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 9:16:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57345/usda-says-pork-is-safe-to-eat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFear of swine flu is a good reason to wash your hands, but not to take pork off the menu. Federal health officials say the virus that has triggered fears of a flu pandemic is not transmitted by food, and that all food-borne germs are killed when pork is cooked...http://www.newser.com/story/57345/usda-says-pork-is-safe-to-eat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 13:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50013/peanut-corp-banned-from-federal-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Peanut Corporation of America was barred today from government contracts for a year as the criminal investigation into a deadly salmonella outbreak sourced to its Georgia plant gathers steam, Reuters reports. “The company lacks business integrity and business honesty,” steamed a Department of Agriculture spokesman. The PCA’s chief was...http://www.newser.com/story/50013/peanut-corp-banned-from-federal-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 12:05:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42652/amish-blast-id-cow-chips-as-mark-of-the-beast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group of Amish farmers has launched a federal lawsuit against the USDA claiming that electronic ID tags on cattle are the mark of Satan himself, not merely of the Michigan Animal Identification System, Wired reports. The farmers say the mandatory program, aimed at tracking livestock diseases, violates the "dominion...http://www.newser.com/story/42652/amish-blast-id-cow-chips-as-mark-of-the-beast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 3:44:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37581/heart-disease-diabetes-linked-to-everyday-bpa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA chemical found in many containers commonly used by Americans is linked to heart disease and diabetes in a new study, the Chicago Tribune reports. The first large-scale human study of Bisphenol A follows a government advisory on using the chemical near food, and a report connecting it to ill...http://www.newser.com/story/37581/heart-disease-diabetes-linked-to-everyday-bpa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 12:52:01 CDT