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cows stories: 31 news summaries

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Meat Company Chief Admits Sick Cows Were Slaughtered

He backtracks after watching second video

Mar 12, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The president of the California slaughterhouse caught up in a scandal over the abuse of cattle admitted to Congress today that sick cows from his plant entered the food supply, the Los Angeles Times reports. He backtracked from an earlier denial after a House panel made him watch a second... More »

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animal cruelty • cows • USDA • Humane Society • House Energy and Commerce Committee • beef recall • Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. • beef industry

Disgraced Meatpacker to Close Doors

 Hallmark/Westland sees no hope
of recovery after biggest recall ever

Feb 23, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The biggest meat recall in history will put a fork in Hallmark/Westland, the meatpacker’s general manager told the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t see any way we could reopen,” he said. The USDA has said the California company could reopen under the right conditions, but... More »

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animal cruelty • cows • USDA • Humane Society • beef recall • Westland/Hallmark Meat Co.

Picky Eater Decodes the Beef Scare

What goes into a 99¢ burger can
be pretty unpleasant, author Pollan says

Feb 20, 08 5:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Don't fault slaughterhouse workers for this week's enormous beef recall, author and foodie Michael Pollan tells Newsweek—it's the system. Blinding-fast production lines that expect workers to slaughter up to seven cows per minute do not a safe or ethical steak make. "It's one of those episodes that peels... More »

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meat • cows • Humane Society • Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. • slaughterhouse • Michael Pollan • Department of Agriculture • farmers markets

Slaughterhouse Boss Faces Felony Charges

Cruelty charges follow video of Calif. meat packers abusing cattle

Feb 16, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Prosecutors hit a slaughterhouse manager with what they say are unprecedented felony charges yesterday after a video released last month showed abusive methods being used to push ailing cattle into a slaughter box, the Press-Enterprise reports. Daniel Ugarte Navarro, 49, faces over 8 years in prison if convicted of five... More »

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California • food contamination • beef • animal cruelty • cows • Humane Society • Chino slaughterhouse

FDA: Send in the Clones

Agency finds no health effects, loss of nutritional value

Jan 15, 08 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Clones are just as safe to eat as any other animal, concludes a much-awaited, much-debated report from the FDA. Cloned animals studied were found to be as healthy as their normal counterparts, and their meat contained equal levels of nutrients, the Washington Post reports. The 968-page document provides mountains of... More »

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food • FDA • milk • meat • cows • cloning

Case of Bluetongue Has UK Farmers on High Alert

One more 'body blow' to the industry

Sep 23, 07 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The discovery of bluetongue—an insect-borne illness that has killed livestock throughout Europe—in a cow on a rare breed farm in Britain yesterday was devastating news to a cattle industry already staggering from waves of foot-and-mouth outbreaks.Tests are underway to determine if England's first case had spread to... More »

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cows • farmer • Britain • bluetongue • sheep • goats • farm

Sabotage Eyed In Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth

Investigators target
'bio security' at labs making vaccine

Aug 9, 07 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - British officials are pursuing the possibility that latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could be the result of sabotage, the Times reports. They've ruled out water leaks spreading the virus from a research lab to nearby farms,and have concluded that "release by human movement must be considered a real... More »

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cattle • health • London • livestock • England • cows • safety • foot and mouth disease • sabotage • Merial • outbreak

Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

New suspicions that virus may have spread in floodwaters

Aug 7, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - England is culling a second herd of cattle feared to have foot-and-mouth disease. The animals were showing symptoms on an unidentified farm within a restricted zone around the area southwest of London where the first outbreak occurred. Investigators were considering the possibility that a flood in July may have spread... More »

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cattle • health • farming • United Kingdom • England • farms • cows • infection • foot and mouth disease • farmer • outbreak

Meat Can be Tough on the Environment

Steaks do more damage than driving; cow farts also a problem

Jul 19, 07 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four average-sized steaks generate as much greenhouse gas as an ordinary car traveling for 3 hours at 50mph. The meat also chews up 169 megajoules of energy, enough to light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days. These were among the findings of Japanese scientists investigating the effects of beef production... More »

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climate change • cattle • global warming • Japan • beef • meat • cows • methane • steaks • megajoules • Japanese • carbon emissions

Enjoy the Veal, Hold the Guilt

Pasture-fed calves
take the bitter taste out of a tender meat

Apr 19, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Veal is back, says the Times, thanks to humane ranching methods. You're still eating baby cows, of course, but the tiny crates that once confined them—provoking a 20-year-long boycott—are giving way to to open pastures where they hang with mom. Or at least pens where they walk around... More »

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food • farming • veal • meat • animal cruelty • cows • animal

Burping Pill Cools Global Warming

Carnivores rejoice: a new pill makes beef more environment friendly

Mar 23, 07 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who knew that bovine burping was a major source of methane gas and hence global warming? German scientists, that's who, and they've come up with a fist-sized pill to reduce it, along with the 4% of greenhouse gas emissions for which it is responsible. More »

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climate change • environment • cattle • greenhouse gases • farming • global warming • environmentalism • cows • methane

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