A voter-ratified law in California banning the sale of pork in the state from hogs raised anywhere in the world, unless the animals were raised in a space that exceeds industry norms, is unconstitutional, an industry group told the Supreme Court on Oct. 11. The case is important because whatever ruling the court issues could have […]
Over 10 percent of pork in UK supermarkets have been infected by a potentially fatal superbug, according to an investigation. British supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury’s have discovered that some of their pork is infected with MRSA, a variant of enterococci bacteria that has antibiotic resistance. Over 10 percent of the pork sampled in the investigation—including joints, […]
Chinese state companies are buying up U.S. farmland, part of a strategic process behind the global land grab by the Chinese Communist Party. What is it for? A new 300-acre land purchase near a U.S. Air Force base may give us indications. I also speak with Rachelle Peterson and Ian Oxnevad from the National Association […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items—bacon—hard to […]
Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced on April 12 that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the CCP virus—a step the head of the company warned could hurt the nation’s meat supply.
