Category: Issue 292
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Criminal Animal Abuse Charges Filed Against Former Turkey Farm Employees
Video footage of former Aviagen Turkeys, Inc. employees allegedly abusing birds has reportedly led to criminal indictments for animal abuse. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) apparently caught three turkey farm employees in the act, and 19 counts, including 11 felony charges, for cruelty to birds have been brought against them. Alabama-based…
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Claims for Neurological Illness Against Pork Processor Dismissed
A federal inspector who alleged that he was injured after coming into contact with an air compression machine used to harvest pig brains in a pork processing plant has apparently agreed to dismiss his claims. Kinney v. Hormel Foods & Quality Pork Processors, No. __ (Third Jud. Dist., Minn., claimed filed January 2009). Dale Kinney,…
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Food Industry Objects to Prop. 65 Listing of Methanol
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and individual food companies have reportedly asked California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to delay taking action on its proposal to list methanol as a reproductive toxicant. While the chemical is used in varnishes, shellacs, paints, antifreeze, adhesives, and deicers, it also apparently occurs naturally in fresh…
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UK Sheep Farmers Threaten to “Revolt” over EU Animal ID Requirement
British sheep farmers have reportedly threatened to resist an EU proposal that would require them to implement an electronic animal identification system starting in January 2010. With 30 million sheep in the United Kingdom, many farmers have described the plan as prohibitively expensive and unnecessary. Designed to track livestock movement in the event of an…
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Congress Seeks Answers in Salmonella Outbreak; PCA President Takes the Fifth
A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee conducted a hearing February 11, 2009, to hear from victims, regulators and the individuals who own and operate the Georgia peanut processing facility responsible for the latest Salmonella outbreak. Titled, “The Salmonella Outbreak: The Continued Failure to Protect the Food Supply,” the hearing gave congressmen the opportunity…