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Animal Rights Groups Have Filed a Lawsuit Against the USDA for Removing Records
PETA, Born Free USA, and others filed the lawsuit Monday.
Chill Out, Beef Heart Has Been Allowed in Burgers for Decades
Confusion over existing USDA standards recently led to a spate of headlines proclaiming that beef heart would soon make an appearance in American ground beef. We regret to inform you that it may have been there all along.
This Blog Is Republishing All the Animal Welfare Records the USDA Deleted
A grassroots effort to recover the extant records has sprung up amid controversy over the USDA’s decision to remove the files from the web.
Why Did the USDA Delete Thousands of Animal Abuse Records From Its Website?
In a climate of criticism over the Trump administration’s lack of transparency, these kinds of decisions are getting higher scrutiny.
Food Safety Is in Danger Under the Trump Administration's Federal Hiring Freeze
While the sudden freeze on testing might not sound like that big of a deal to the average American, consider the fact that the FSIS is responsible for ensuring the safety of all meat, poultry, catfish, and processed egg products sold in the US.
What Would Censorship of the USDA Mean for America?
We reached out to food policy experts to find out what they made of this turn of events—and what the USDA’s flip flop means about transparency for the American public.
Obama’s Organic Ruling Will Greatly Improve the Welfare of Farm Animals
The ASPCA says: “This historic move by the USDA marks the first comprehensive set of regulations governing the on-farm treatment of animals ever issued by the federal government."
We Asked Policy Experts How Jeff Sessions Could Dismantle America's Food Stamp Programs
As attorney general, Sessions will have a huge platform upon which to influence the federal food stamp program, officially known as SNAP.
Peanut Butter Execs Were Comically Concerned About 'Aggressive' Almond Butter
Back in 2008, the National Peanut Board sounded pretty perturbed about Big Almond's move into “the spread category."
Trippy Satellite Imagery Could Forecast Food Crises Before They Happen
New machine learning algorithm from Descartes Labs is like ‘Minority Report,’ but for corn.
Americans Told the World That Trump Won't Stop Progress on Climate Change
Even if the president doesn't believe in science, he can't stop progress altogether—or so attendees of the COP22 conference hope.