The Capital Press reports that Double C Farms near Oakley, Idaho, has racked up more than $800,000 in state fines for alleged violations that include the injection of waste lagoon run-off directly into the aquifer.
The feedlot was found to be in violation of the Idaho Beef Cattle Environmental Control Act and the Idaho Waste
Go ahead and pet the animals
The Chronicle reports that thousands of visitors will soon flock to the Twin Cities for the Southwest Washington Fair. And interacting with farm animals is as much a part of most people’s fair experience as elephant ears and cotton candy.
Sheep, pigs, horses, goats and many other barnyard dwellers can carry illnesses and bacteria that
E. coli lawsuit filed against Olive Garden
Marler Clark filed an E. coli lawsuit Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court against the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, on behalf of Jodi Greer, a Troutdale, Oregon resident who became ill with an E. coli infection after eating at the restaurant’s Gresham store in April 2005.
The complaint states that Ms. Greer suffered severe gastrointestinal
Meatpacking Refined: ’02 Recall Was ‘Life-Changing’ Event for Industry
The Omaha World-Herald reports that changes in the meatpacking industry are driven by consumer demands and the government to control deadly pathogens such as E. coli and mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.
In recent years, packing plants have invested money to make plants cleaner and to cleanse carcasses
Wash hands after petting fair animals
Zena Edwards of The Olympian reminds us that direct contact with animals can carry a variety of pathogens that are capable of causing diseases in humans. Humans might become ill from contaminated food and water or from contact with animals or their environment. Persons touching animals or surfaces in the animal’s environment might contaminate their