USDA undertakes several specific activities to protect American agricultural health from avian influenza and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as "mad cow disease. These determinations are necessary measures for FSIS and American consumers to develop and maintain trust in imported meat, poultry, and egg products. What is the future for renewable fuels? How fast will these efforts diminish our need for foreign oil?The United States has tripled ethanol production...

Diets high in carbohydrates that are quickly digested and absorbed, resulting in a rapid rise in blood sugar levels, are considered high-glycemic-index diets. While it's too soon to recommend dietary slow carbs as a preventive strategy for AMD, replacing fast carbs with whole grains may soon prove to be an early dietary intervention to slow its progression. Central vision loss is one of the first signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that is one of the leading causes...

The one-person Economic Development office creates and funds economic development marketing programs targeted to business owners, investors, brokers and developers. To assure a sustainable economy in the Lompoc Valley, the city will continue to spawn new entrepreneurs, grow existing businesses, and attract new industry. As a consequence, Lompoc enjoys one of the healthiest and most diversified economies on the Central Coast, based on defense and commercial space, mining, agriculture,...

case of mad cow disease was discovered in a cow in Washington State, the nationwide survey of 1,000 adults showed that only one in three Americans thought the mad cow situation was a "major problem" or "crisis. In the same survey, only one in six people expressed worry that they or their families might become victims of the disease caused by mad cow infected animals. A new Gallup survey concluded that most Americans are not concerned about the recent mad cow scare. The majority of people...

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That's why the identities of restaurants and grocery stores in California who served beef from a mad cow in 2003 were kept secret as well as the identities of Texas and Alabama ranches who produced mad cows soon after. Lucky for big meat, state and federal lawmakers have long anticipated the need to protect businesses--if not people--when outbreaks of potentially lethal pathogens occur in meat and enacted shield laws. Profit watching causes other health risks in the slaughterhouse too...