August 2, 2012, 12:26 AM
Americans love hamburgers â we each eat an average of three a week. But there are hidden costs. Livestock threaten to mess up our climate, land and water.
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March 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Tomato, tomahto. Pink slime, lean finely textured beef. Whatever you call it, one thing is clear: Many consumers say they don't want it. Yesterday, following growing public disgust, the primary producer of the textured meat, Beef Products Inc., said it is suspending operations at...
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September 24, 2010, 12:20 AM
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter this week to a Petaluma beef producer, saying the amount of penicillin in a slaughtered cow’s liver was well beyond government-set limits. The agency warned a dairy farming operation that the level of penicillin found in one cow...
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February 15, 2010, 12:03 AM
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have escalated their probe of a Los Angeles County meatpacking company into a criminal investigation, according to a notice issued over the weekend. Last month, I wrote about the initial recall of 430 tons of beef, packaged at Montebello-based...
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January 19, 2010, 4:55 AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the recall yesterday of more than 430 tons – yes, tons – of ground beef from a Los Angeles-area meat-packing company, warning that the meat may be contaminated with E. Coli bacteria. The USDA says that the potentially tainted...
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