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FDA concludes first premarket consultation for meat cultured from animal cells

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In a historic move, the Food and Drug Administration’s premarket consultation for meat cultured from animal cells brings Upside Foods’ chicken closer to the U.S.

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Claims about meat, poultry products come under greater USDA scrutiny

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Department of Agriculture is stepping up efforts to ensure the veracity of claims about food animal products marketed as "free range" and "antibiotic free."

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Supreme Court upholds California sow housing law

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Supreme Court justices upheld the California ballot initiative Proposition 12 as constitutional, and that the state could establish its own rules on meat sold in the state, even if that means that products produced outside of the state must comply with the law. A slim majority of U.S.

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Not only that, but the breast meat of the geese will be donated to food pantries. The cullings have happened every year since the 2009 emergency landing of a US Airways plane in the Hudson River after the plane struck geese and was disabled.

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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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From Vietnam News. Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. Among them, stag and wild boar accounted for around 70 per cent of the consumed meat, followed by turtle, snake, fox and porcupine.

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Is Meat Now "Pink Slime?"

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It was nauseating and I don't even eat meat. If you eat meat, read this article from the Huffington Post. We actually watched a report about this on Stephen Colbert's show of all places.

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Sea Shepherd Busts Whale Meat Importer

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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is just about ready to chalk up a win against a California seafood dealer who imported endangered whale meat from Tokyo and sold it to Califorian restaurants. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society had run a sting operation to collect evidence related to the serving of whale meat.

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