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USDA settles lawsuit: Million state residents to get emergency food benefits
Roughly 1 million state residents will have access to emergency food benefits following a settlement reached this week in a lawsuit filed last year against the U.S. Department of...Read More
Watchdog group says largest supermarket chains fail in recall policies
A consumer watchdog group is sounding an alarm over the food recall policies of the nation’s largest supermarket chains. In a 32-page report released Wednesday, the non-profit Public Interest...Read More
Two million pounds of chicken recalled across eight states, including California
Approximately 2 million pounds of chicken products have been recalled across eight states, including California. Health officials say the poultry may be contaminated with foreign materials. According to a...Read More
Slaughterhouse worker sentenced over tainted meat
A judge sentenced a former employee of a Petaluma slaughterhouse for his role in a scheme to distribute adulterated and uninspected meat.Read More
Meat processor sent to prison over tainted meat
A co-owner of a Petaluma meat processing plant was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison.Read More
Bug bits turn up in imported chick peas
A container of 14 tons of Indian food was turned away at the Port of Oakland last week after authorities discovered evidence of khapra beetles.Read More
Lee’s Sandwiches meat recall doubles
None of the 15 Lee's locations in Northern California were affected by the original or expanded recall, now up to 440,000 pounds of chicken, beef and pork.Read More
Lee’s Sandwiches recalls tons of uninspected meat
LQNN, which operates as Lee's Sandwiches in the Bay Area, recalled 213,000 pounds meat produced without USDA inspection.Read More
Slaughterhouse owner pleads guilty to processing cancerous cattle
The co-owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse that processed sick cattle for human consumption, some with eye cancer, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court.Read More
USDA raises standards for puppy mill imports
New federal rules are intended to end sick and very young puppies from being imported into the U.S. from overseas.Read More
Video prompts slaughterhouse shutdown
Animal welfare group Compassion Over Killing provided hours of video showing inhumane conditions and practices.Read More
No more ‘pink slime’ at Safeway
Facing heavy criticism from consumers, Safeway announced it will no longer sell fresh ground beef mixed with "pink slime."Read More