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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: pig

pig stories: 26 news summaries

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Possible Heparin Deaths Increase; Recall Expands

FDA investigating 'deficiencies' at plant in China

Feb 29, 08 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Baxter International has expanded its recall of heparin products as the FDA said the number of deaths possibly linked to the blood thinner rose from 4 to 21, the New York Times reports. The agency said it found "deficiencies" at a Chinese plant that supplied the active ingredient. Baxter,... More »

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China • pig • Heparin • Baxter International • blood thinner

Illness Linked to Pig Brains

Slaughterhouse workers report burning, numbness, weakness in limbs

Feb 4, 08 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A dozen workers at a Minnesota slaughterhouse are showing symptoms of a new illness linked to inhaling bits of pig brains, the Washington Post reports. Symptoms include sensations of burning, numbness, and weakness in the arms and legs. All of the afflicted worked at or near the Austin packing house’... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • illness • Minnesota • immigrant • pig • slaughterhouse

Pork Shortage Plagues China

Beijing dips into pork preserve to avoid crisis

Feb 3, 08 6:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Pigjacking is China's latest crime. Sounds like a joke? Crooks are scoffing the swine thanks to a boom economy and a pig shortage that has hogs highly valued. With a record winter storm stranding thousands and sparking unrest, Beijing is dipping into its official pork preserve—hoping to calm a... More »

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China • US economy • markets • pig • grain • uprising • pork

Deadly Swine Disease
Sweeps China

Virus sparks fears
of global threat

Aug 16, 07 1:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A virulent strain of deadly swine disease is sweeping through Chinese livestock, triggering a pork shortage, rampant inflation and worldwide worries about where the virus will appear next, the New York Times reports. China, one the world's biggest hog exporters, is refusing to cooperate with international health organizations and may... More »

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China • food • disease • exports • pig • swine • virus

Chinese Pork Prices Soar

Rise triggers inflation, which reverberates around the world

Jun 8, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - This price of pigs and pork in China has skyrocketed this year, nudging up domestic inflation and triggering worries about a domino effect in worldwide markets. The government is scrambling to react to pressure on the price of the vital commodity, the Times reports, even weighing the possibility of releasing... More »

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China • food • inflation • world economy • pig • pork

Livestock Pigging Out
on Junk Food

Farmers are turning to leftover sweets
as biofuel drives up the price of corn

May 21, 07 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The biofuel craze has doubled the price of corn in just a few years, forcing farmers from Pennsylvania to California find alternatives to feed their livestock. What they're coming up with is cookies, candy bars, cheese curls, breakfast cereal and french fries, reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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food • cattle • farming • ethanol • livestock • corn • biofuel • pig • farmers markets • animal

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