Archive for the 'Agriculture' Category

America has had Trout Farms for years, but in China; they’re socially collectivized.

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Tainted seafood risks China’s stake in U.S.
By Evan Osnos and David Greising
(Chicago)Tribune correspondents
Published July 1, 2007
TAOYU, China — This tiny village near the Great Wall is crowded with 20 household trout farms, which have cropped up in less then a decade to join China’s booming seafood trade.

Yet, in a tale mirrored across the industry, the […]

Everone inna agger bidness gonna comply!

Monday, March 12th, 2007

FDA Unveils Voluntary Food Safety Rules
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By LIBBY QUAID
The Associated Press
Monday, March 12, 2007; 3:47 PM
WASHINGTON — The government has new rules for preventing food poisoning in fresh-cut produce, but companies don’t have to follow them.
Fruit and vegetable-related outbreaks of food poisoning are on the rise and in recent months have struck in spinach, tomatoes, lettuce […]