News tagged with 'Industrialized Agriculture'

Salmonella has contaminated two brands of California grown spinach that were quickly traced to distributors in 12 states and Canada before they made anyone sick.

Manufacturers that process or hold food are now required to report any contamination within 24 hours under new FDA regulations, all in an effort to keep food-borne illness away from the public.

Can salmon be organic? The short answer is no, but that's not stopping the National Organic Standards Board from meeting Monday to discuss that possibility.  There are too many variables out at sea, critics charge, pointing to the industry as a slight improvement over industrialized factory-farming agriculture at sea.  

Monsanto insists sales for its bovine growth hormone are better than ever, but despite that the company is divesting itself of Posilac, announcing today that division is for sale. Posilac was the first in a long line of genetically engineered products the company had pinned its hopes on. Now it will focus on GE seeds.