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A Coronavirus Outbreak Among Farm Workers Would Be Catastrophic: Viewpoint

There is no evidence that Covid-19 has been transmitted by food or food packaging, according to U.S. federal health agencies. How the virus fares among food workers may be a different story. By law, food manufacturers must prevent anyone who …

Cattle Ranchers Worry Despite Having Tech to Track Diseases

Before June 2018, finding cattle that were potentially exposed to diseases was time-consuming and complicated, requiring a patchwork of information from auction houses, feedlots, producers and meatpacking plants. That’s when Kansas spearheaded U.S. CattleTrace, filling a void when it comes …

North Dakota Creamery Recalls 1% Milk Pending State Investigation

Cass-Clay Creamery in North Dakota has recalled 1% milk that may have been contaminated with a sanitizing agent that’s used to sterilize and clean equipment, the state department of agriculture said Friday. The milk being recalled was produced at the …

Food Workers Sue to Stop Trump Plan to Speed Up Pig Slaughterhouse Lines

A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block a Trump administration move to end limits on the speed of pork slaughter lines, arguing the new rule would lead to more injuries among employees and increase the risk …

New Hog Slaughterhouse Rules Please Firms, Worry Food Safety Advocates

U.S. food safety and the health of plant workers will be at risk from new federal rules that allow meat companies to slaughter hogs as fast as they want and shift the role of government inspectors, food and environmental advocates …

Bulgaria Fights Spread of African Swine Fever

Bulgaria has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of deadly African swine fever and protect the country’s 600-million lev ($344 million) pig-breeding industry, the agriculture minister said on Wednesday. The highly contagious disease, which is incurable in pigs but …

China’s Pig Farms Tighten Biosecurity to Beat African Swine Fever

A devastating outbreak of African swine fever that has killed millions of pigs in China is changing attitudes in a country where farm hygiene has often been seen as lax by international standards. From farms to feed mills to transport, …

China’s Swine Fever Losses May Be Twice as High as Officially Reported

As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been slaughtered because of the spreading disease, twice as many as officially acknowledged, according to the estimates of four people who supply large farms. …

Vietnam Culls More Than 2.5M Pigs to Contain Deadly African Swine Fever: Officials

Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is in danger of infecting every province of the country, an agriculture ministry official said on Tuesday. The virus, which is …

S. Korea Scrambles to Stop Spread of African Swine Fever After N. Korea Outbreak

South Korea said Friday that it is scrambling to prevent the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever on its pig industry after North Korea confirmed an outbreak at a farm near its border with China. South Korea’s agriculture …