Hedges Washington Bureau Published May 16, 2007 WASHINGTON -- Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that kept 56,000 hogs from going to slaughter. Hedges Washington Bureau Published May 16, 2007 WASHINGTON -- Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does...

agencies found that even under the most extreme scenarios, the potential exposure from consuming meat from hogs and chickens known to have been fed animal feed containing melamine "was about 2,500 times lower than the dose considered safe," said Kenneth Petersen, assistant administrator of the Office of Field Operation in USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service, who also testified. There is no evidence linking human illness to certain Chinese food imports tainted with melamine or...

WASHINGTON - Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that kept 56,000 hogs from going to slaughter. WASHINGTON - Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that...

GM foods, crops - preparing for worldwide genetic control. Despite rules to the contrary, GM (Genetical Modification) experiments have been going on across India with the complicity of the Indian Government. Genetic News (BioValley Portal)

While that might seem like a good thing, agriculture officials say it is the biggest threat to the future of farming in the state. That can make it attractive for a farmer to sell land to a developer and is seen as the major reason for the loss of about 400 farms in the state since 2000. Maryland is one of the hottest real estate development markets in the country, and farmers in some parts of the state are being offered as much as $500,000 for lots. During the first two weeks of June,...

The USDA revised its estimates upward on the back of improved sugarcane availability and reduced diversion of cane for production of other sweeteners - khandsari and gur. The ministry of agriculture in India had revised its sugar production data for the year several times, each time hiking the output almost by 10 lakh tonnes. According to the sugar industry, the output is likely to be around 265 lakh tonnes in the current season that ends in September 2007 against 192. Late monsoon rains...