Meat Wagon
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After another massive recall, will the beef industry grope for techno fixes?
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. ——— Massive burger recall: what would Meat Wagon be without one? The Obama administration still […]
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Ammonia-treated burgers, tainted with E. coli!
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. ——— Few who saw the documentary Food Inc. will forget the scene involving Beef Products […]
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Antibiotic-resistant salmonella, school lunches, and Cargill’s dodgy California beef plant
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. ——— Oh, dear. This case of salmonella poisoning seems to be resisting treatments. • The […]
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Uh-oh: Tamiflu-resistant swine flu rears up in the U.S., U.K.
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. ——— Ever since evolution of the swine flu virus accelerated in 1998, virologists and veterinary-science […]
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Why the USDA has no business overseeing conditions on factory farms, and more
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. —— USDA chief Tom Vilsack, with special friends: Will this guy ever get serious about […]
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JBS: industrial meat’s new heavyweight champ
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. —— • Remember two weeks ago, when I warned that if JBS snapped up Pilgrim’s […]
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If JBS-Pilgrim’s deal goes through, four mega-firms will dominate the meat landscape
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. —— Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Brazilian firm JBS–the globe’s […]
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Cargill, the National School Lunch Program, and antibiotic-resistant salmonella
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. ———- Is antibiotic-resistant-salmonella-tainted beef what’s for dinner? Standard j-school-style journalism takes a lot of lumps […]
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Cargill plant recalls nearly a million pounds of tainted beef
Not-so-total recall: Cargill’s got nearly a million pounds of tainted beef circulating. In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. ——— Remember a […]
