How Does Food Safety Work, and What Cuts Has Trump Made? May 9, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek Recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration, including staff cuts at the Food and Drug Administration, have raised questions among...
US Will Spend Up to $1 Billion to Combat Bird Flu, USDA Says February 27, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports...
US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm February 24, 2025 By Tom Polansek Workers in US chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal...
US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm January 14, 2025 By Tom Polansek Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal...
US Undercounts Bird Flu in Cattle as Farmers Shun Testing August 15, 2024 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers’ reluctance to test...
Outbreak Continues to Grow as Bird Flu Found in Oklahoma Dairy Herd July 18, 2024 By Tom Polansek and Brijesh Patel Oklahoma has become the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed...
Tests Show Pasteurized Milk Safe as Bird Flu Spreads April 29, 2024 By Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials said on Friday, as Colorado...
US Court Cancels Approvals for Widely Used Dicamba Weedkillers February 8, 2024 By Tom Polansek A U.S. court has nullified the government’s latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling...
Tyson Foods, Cargill Suspend Kansas Beef Plants Due to Snowstorm January 9, 2024 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO – Tyson Foods TSN.N and Cargill CARG.UL said on Tuesday it suspended operations at beef processing plants in Kansas...
Heat, Humidity Kill Hundreds of Cattle During World’s Hottest Month August 9, 2023 By Tom Polansek Hundreds of cattle died in Iowa from extreme heat and humidity in late July, the state and livestock producers said,...