Quarantine off 31 swine herds, tests for others MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Quarantines have been lifted on 27 swine herds within five miles of a Clark County farm where pseudorabies was reported last week and on four of five others that had contact with that Greenwood-area herd, officials said Friday. Quarantine off 31 swine herds, tests for others MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Quarantines have been lifted on 27 swine herds within five miles of a Clark County farm where pseudorabies was reported last week and...

Critics say the massive pet food recall that has triggered scores of lawsuits , raised safety questions about consuming domestic pork, and spurred at least two federal raids is also the result of an FDA wedded to an outdated approach to food safety despite the emergence of new pathogens and globalization of the nation's food supply. Critics say the massive pet food recall that has triggered scores of lawsuits , raised safety questions about consuming domestic pork, and spurred at least two...

With 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide and Islam the fastest-growing religion, halal food sales are now worth $580 billion annually, according to Malaysia's Halal Industry Development corp. "Food companies are not going to be global unless they're halal," says Joe Regenstein, a professor of food science at Cornell University. The Swiss multinational has, after all, attracted more than its share of protesters with other product lines (namely, infant formula and chocolate) He's in charge of...

Operating results were impacted positively by improved average sales prices, partially offset by decreased sales volumes as a result of planned production cuts. Operating results were adversely impacted by increased net grain costs of $42 million and $25 million for the second quarter and six months of fiscal 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods of fiscal 2006. The change in net grain costs for the second quarter and six months of fiscal 2007 includes $90 million and $109...

Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of leftover pet food in hog and chicken feed for fear it could spread mad cow disease because it contains cattle parts. Meat byproducts are also common; those are the parts left over after pigs, cattle or other animals are slaughtered and the meat removed for human consumption. Now hogs are contaminated with a chemical blamed for killing dogs and cats, and new concerns have arisen that the meat could enter the human food chain. When officials...