Company considering appeal of decision that restricts farmer choice and productivity. Department of Agriculture completes an environmental impact statement. Despite previous acceptance that Roundup Ready alfalfa posed no harm to humans and livestock, the court upheld its decision that the USDA did not adequately follow procedural requirements as detailed by the National Environmental Policy Act before deregulating Roundup Ready alfalfa. Despite previous acceptance that Roundup Ready...

Department of Agriculture has been collecting data on what's in food for more than 100 years. When we searched for "trans fat," for example, up came a technical scientific paper about food analysis that only laboratory wonks would find useful. Wondering about the side effects of that new drug your doctor prescribed? Want advice on how to cope with a new diagnosis? Should you believe reports that calcium can prevent colon cancer? Also receiving a "Better than Most" rating: the pork...

Feds step in to quell invasive moth By Bay City News Service A federal quarantine order restricting interstate movement of agricultural products from areas infested by the light brown apple moth is expected to be issued within the next 24 to 48 hours, United States Department of Agriculture spokesman Larry Hawkins said today. Feds step in to quell invasive moth By Bay City News Service A federal quarantine order restricting interstate movement of agricultural products from areas infested...

The boxes did not contain any materials considered a possible risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly called mad cow disease, Mickelson said. The Springdale-based food giant said an inadvertent beef shipment from the plant contained two boxes of beef from cattle that exceeded Japan's age limit of 20 months or younger. beef exports to Japan from cattle aged 20 months or less to safeguard against mad cow disease, according to Japanese news sources. Japan recently asked that a...

In a masterful piece of investigative reporting, the New York Times describes today how unregulated Chinese chemical companies have shipped tons of deadly diethylene glycol (anti-freeze) around the world mislabeled as food/pharmaceutical grade glycerin, killing thousands of people in at least seven countries. In a masterful piece of investigative reporting, the New York Times describes today how unregulated Chinese chemical companies have shipped tons of deadly diethylene glycol...