Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday searched the facilities of a pet food manufacturer and one of its suppliers in the continuing probe of contaminated dog and cat food products, the Associated Press reported. He stressed, however, that "based on information currently available, the FDA and the USDA believe the likelihood of illness after eating such pork is extremely low. The recall has since expanded to other pet food manufacturers and other pet food ingredients, including...

Re-opening the border to the older Canadian cattle not only has the potential to harm livestock producers by flooding the market with cattle, but it increases the risk of exposing American consumers to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, also known as "mad cow disease," R-CALF contends. Search the Rapid City Journal. Ultimately, it could be the deaths of people's pets, attributed to a banned substance in imported wheat gluten, that puts pressure on USDA, Fox said. Re-opening the...

Hearing generates Farm Bill proposals (0) Comments . Share . Small . Large SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- It wasn't all grain and livestock Monday -- although those were major topics -- as farmers and other ag professionals testified at a public hearing held by 5th District Congressman Steve King and U. Hearing generates Farm Bill proposals (0) Comments . Share . Small . Large SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- It wasn't all grain and livestock Monday -- although those were major topics -- as farmers and other...

In the decision, Judge Charles Breyer in the Federal Northern District of California affirmed his preliminary ruling, which echoed the Center for Food Safetys arguments in their lawsuit against USDA, that the crop could harm the environment and contaminate natural alfalfa. In the decision, Judge Charles Breyer in the Federal Northern District of California affirmed his preliminary ruling, which echoed the Center for Food Safetys arguments in their lawsuit against USDA, that the crop could...

The Messenger - Fort Dodge, Iowa. Messenger staff writer DES MOINES One of only a few companies in the United States processes human food residuals into animal feed, and on Monday federal inspectors were scheduled to visit an Anamosa operation concerning tainted products that have already been found responsible for the death or sicknesses of hundreds of dogs in the U. Messenger staff writer DES MOINES One of only a few companies in the United States processes human food residuals into...

BY FRED GRAY, NEWS-REVIEW STAFF WRITER EAST JORDAN - Greg Niewendorp of East Jordan, like growing numbers of small farmers across Northern Michigan and the rest of the nation, is challenging state and federal agencies and the big downstate cattle industry to back off their Big Brother policies and allow farmers like him to carry on with their way of life. BY FRED GRAY, NEWS-REVIEW STAFF WRITER EAST JORDAN - Greg Niewendorp of East Jordan, like growing numbers of small farmers across...