National and International
US Bill Would Ban Nontherapeutic Antibiotics in Livestock
A bill introduced by US Representative Louis Slaughter would change the way antibiotics are used on factory farms. The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act 2009 (PAMTA) would require the FDA to withdraw the use of seven classes of antibiotics on factory farms
Did Swine Flu Come from a CAFO?
There has been much speculation by public health officials and the media that Swine Flu, renamed Influenza A (H1N1), is linked to a Smithfield Foods CAFO operating in Perote, Mexico.
More Government Money for Pork Industry
In September, US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approved an additional $30 million in September to bail out the financially distressed pork industry after initially denying a $50 million request from Governor Chet Culver
H1N1 Influenza Hits Farms in Canada
Several hog farms in Manitoba, Canada's top pig producing province, were hit with the H1N1 virus in June, according to an article in Reuters.
MRSA Found in Retail Meat Samples
A recent Louisiana State University study found nearly 5% of the raw pork it examined to be contaminated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 45.6% was contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).
Groups Call on EPA to Reclassify Hydrogen Sulfide as Hazardous Pollutant
A coalition of community, public health, and environmental organizationsLINK has formally requested the Environmental Protection Agency list hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as a hazardous air pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
Pork Industry Reacts to Death on a Factory Farm
HBO's documentary, Death on a Factory Farm, is a disturbing expose of animal cruelty at a hog CAFO in Creston, Ohio
Pork Industry Reacts to Death on a Factory Farm
HBO's documentary, Death on a Factory Farm, is a disturbing expose of animal cruelty at a hog CAFO in Creston, Ohio. An undercover investigator for the Humane Farming Association, an animal rights group, secretly filmed the abuses over a six-week period.
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Report: Factory Farmers Getting Federal Subsidies
Industrial hog and dairy operations are subsidized through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), according to a report released in December.