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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: meat and poultry

meat and poultry stories: 6 news summaries
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 Get Fired Up for Grill Season 


May 24, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the outdoor cooking season kicking off this week, barbecue guru Steven Raichlen offers some grill tips in Esquire you shouldn’t have gone so long without:
  • Get the grill screaming hot: Put your hand 3 inches off the grate, and if “ouch” comes in 2-3 seconds,
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cooking • beer • meat and poultry • grilling • Memorial Day weekend

(Newser) - The recession has consumers foregoing pricey beef and pork for cheaper chicken, the chairman of grocery chain Safeway tells Bloomberg. “We’re seeing more shifts in the meat category to cheaper meats—ground beef and chicken—than we saw earlier in the year,” Steven Burd says, part of... More »

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beef • recession • ground beef • chicken • pork • meat and poultry

Mexico Halts Shipments From Top US Meat Plants

Move is seen as retaliation for country-of-origin labeling initiative

Dec 26, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Mexico has temporarily banned meat from 30 US plants run by some of the largest American meat companies, Reuters reports. The Mexican government says violations in standards of packaging, labeling, and transport conditions occasioned the ban, but many US analysts suspect Mexico is registering its dissatisfaction with an American law... More »

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Mexico • United States • meat • imports • exports • imported food • meat and poultry • consumers • Country-of-Origin Labeling

Animal Rights Lover Goes for the Throat

But Humane Society prez pushes a savvy, mainstream message

Oct 26, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Humane Society has turned into an aggressive political player with a mainstream message, the New York Times reports. The group's head, Wayne Pacelle, just shut down a $100 million slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif., and is pushing for a ballot measure that would require a certain amount of room for... More »

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meat • animal cruelty • eggs • animal rights • Humane Society • poultry • meat and poultry

UN Urges: Eat Less Meat to
Fight Warming

Cattle 'emissions'
equal effect of 33
million automobiles

Sep 7, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meat-eaters who want to help fight global warming can do so by going vegetarian at least one day a week, a top UN official tells the Guardian. The meat industry accounts for an estimated one-fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions, released during feed production and as methane by flatulent livestock.... More »

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climate change • United Nations • agriculture • global warming • methane • vegetarianism • carbon emissions • meat and poultry

 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

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