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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Ed Schafer

Ed Schafer stories: 2 news summaries

 Record Food Price Hikes Loom

Biggest increases for 20 years forecast

Aug 21, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans should get ready for pain at the supermarket checkout, reports Reuters—and squash any hopes of food prices getting better next year. A revised USDA forecast predicts a 5% to 6% leap in food prices this year—the biggest increase in 20 years—and USDA officials fear 2009 could... More »

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inflation • cereal • USDA • food prices • Ed Schafer • meat and poultry • fruit and vegetables • Fall harvest

 USDA to Ban 'Downer' Cattle 

Bid to boost confidence in beef

May 21, 08 2:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The USDA plans to ban all so-called "downer" cattle from the food supply to safeguard consumers from illnesses such as mad cow disease. Such animals are too weak or injured to walk, which can often be an indication of illness. Disturbing video of workers in a California slaughterhouse using... More »

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USDA • Humane Society • mad cow disease • Chino slaughterhouse • Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. • slaughterhouse • beef industry • Ed Schafer • bovine spongiform encephalopathy • knock box • American Meat Institute • downer cattle

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