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Agriculture Department Warns Consumers of Tainted Raw Milk Sold by Lebanon County Dairy (Popularity:  )
http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us
Consumers who purchased raw milk from Green Acres Jersey Farm in Lebanon any time after May 8 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. "During routine inspection of the dairy, a preliminary test showed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in some raw milk samples," said Wolff. "If consumers ...
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SBA Economic Injury Loans Still Available for Businesses Impacted by Last Year's Crop Losses (Popularity: )
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses that were economically impacted due to damages and losses to crops caused by excessive rain, hail and high winds May 11, 2006 and continuing, that there is still time to apply for assistance. "SBA's disaster declaration was issued as a result of a similar action taken by the Secretary of Agriculture to help farmers recover from," said Frank Skaggs, Director of ...
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Opposition Grows Toward Proposal to Close FDA Labs (Popularity: )
http://www.nteu.org
Significant opposition -- including a Senate amendment to an authorization bill -- continues to build against an ill-conceived plan by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to close seven of its 13 laboratories and restructure its field operations. President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) welcomed both the FDA authorization bill amendment offered by Senators Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), and a letter released ...
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Riverside Celebrates National Arbor Day With a Successful Tree Planting Program That Has Prompted Local Residents to Plant Nearly 50,000 Shade Trees in the Past 5 Years (Popularity: )
http://www.riversidepublicutilities.com
People often talk about the need to make better use of the Earth's resources. But in Riverside, Calif., people are actually doing something about it. Residents of this suburban city 60 miles east of Los Angeles have planted nearly 50,000 trees during the past five years through a special "Tree Power" rebate program offered by Riverside Public Utilities (RPU). Financed with Public Benefit Funds, the program entitles RPU customers to ...
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Bunge to Acquire Majority Interest in Tianjin, China, Soybean Processing Plant (Popularity: )
http://www.bunge.com
Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) today announced the establishment of a joint venture to operate a soybean processing plant in Tianjin, China, with Chia Tai (Tianjin), part of the Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group. Bunge will hold a majority interest in the venture and will manage operations at the plant, its third in China. Located near a modern port, the plant will supply the fast-growing livestock and feed industries and the large ...
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Bachoco Updates Name on NYSE and EDGAR Database (Popularity: )
http://www.bachoco.com.mx
Industrias Bachoco S.A. de C.V. ("Bachoco" or "the Company") (NYSE: IBA, BMV: Bachoco B), Mexico's leading producer and processor of poultry products, today announced that by operation of law and an amendment to an Article of one of the Company's by- laws, and as approved at the extraordinary shareholders' meeting held on November 23, 2006, the Company's corporate name has been modified to Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. The modification ...
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USDA and Agribusiness Conspire To Mislead Consumers: 'Raw' Almonds Must Soon Be Steam-Heated or Treated With Toxic Chemical (Popularity: )
http://www.cornucopia.org
Small-scale farmers, retailers, and consumers are outraged over a new federal regulation that will require all almonds grown in California to be sterilized with various "pasteurization" techniques. The rule, which the USDA quietly developed in response to outbreaks of Salmonella in 2001 and 2004, traced to raw almonds, mandates that all almonds undergo a sterilization process that includes chemical and/or high-temperature treatments. Although the final rule was just published in ...
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Contaminated Pet Food Causes Human Food Scare as Chinese Imports Rise (Popularity: )
As imported Chinese wheat takes the blame for the recent deaths of dozens of American pets, new concerns have risen over the safety of Asian-grown foods imported to the United States for human consumption. For American farmers, it is no surprise to read that the death of American pets is linked to Chinese wheat gluten containing a toxic chemical, aminopterin, commonly used in China as rat poison. Government officials and ...
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Responsible forestry in Panama (Popularity: )
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Darien, Panama - A milestone in the history of forest conservation has been marked in the dense tropical rainforests of Panama's eastern Darien region. As part of a sustainable forest management and trade project coordinated by WWF, the region's first sustainable harvesting plan has been launched, ensuring that forest areas are cut in 25-year cycles. "This ensures that logging does not exceed what the forest can regenerate," said Mauro Salazar, ...
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Fertilizer Demand in US Expected to Rise Due to Ethanol (Popularity: )
http://www.coppermoonshinestills.com
HOUSTON - Corn prices are at record highs due to the boom in ethanol production and this spring U.S. farmers are expected to plant record corn acreage but with it comes higher fertilizer costs which is expected to increase until production catches up with demand. Already prices for urea and two types of ammoniated phosphate known as MAP and DAP have risen by up to $80 a ton. Nick Drew ...
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