ARCHIVES 12/18/2003: Conservation Rules Will Limit New Program, Say Critics- 12/ 17 AgOnline 12/18/2003: Members of the Senate Will Work to Restore COOL—Grassley - 12/16 AgOnline 12/18/2003: Veneman Announces Bovine Genome Sequencing Project - 12/12 USDA 12/18/2003: Court Reinstates Mad Cow Suit Against USDA - 12/ 16 Reuters 12/10/2003: Food and Drug Administration Won't Regulate First Biotech Pet - 12/10 AP 12/10/2003: USDA Creating National Livestock ID System - 12/8 AgOnline 12/10/2003: US House Backs 2-Year Delay in Food-Origin Labels - 12/8 Reuters 12/10/2003: New California Farm Law Angers Activists - 12/8 AP 12/10/2003: Agricultural Subsidies Targeted - 12/8 Washington Times 12/10/2003: OECD Urges Better Communication of Science Advances - 12/8 Reuters 12/4/2003: FDA: Customs Agents to Help Protect Food Imports - 12/3 Reuters 12/4/2003: Canada Sees U.S. Reopen to Some Cattle Early 2004 - 12/3 Reuters 12/4/2003: USDA Establishes Biotechnology Environmental Unit - 12/4 USDA 12/4/2003: New California Law Targets Animal Rights Activists - 12/2 AP 12/4/2003: Congress Plans 2-year Delay in Meat-Origin Labels - 11/26 Reuters 11/20/2003: USDA Announces Research Agenda For Food Safety - 11/20 AgOnline 11/20/2003: Democrat Offers Compromise to US Food Labeling Law - 11/18 Forbes 11/20/2003: Record High Beef Prices Here to Stay-USDA - 11/18 Reuters 11/20/2003: Experts Warn of Attacks on Food Supply - 11/20 Chicago Tribune 11/20/2003: Single BSE-infected Cow Costs Canada $2.5 Billion - 11/19 MeatingPlace 11/20/2003: USDA Report: Better Security Necessary at Labs - 11/18 Reuters 11/13/2003: Senate Approves Agricultural Appropriations - 11/7 Agriculture Law 11/13/2003: Food Safety Chief Scolds Inspectors - 11/10 USA Today 11/13/2003: Congress Clears Bill to Enhance FDA Review of Medicines For Pets And Farm Animals - 11/10 AHI 11/13/2003: Senate votes to keep COOL - 11/10 MeatingPlace 11/13/2003: Senate Bars School Lunch Program From Purchasing Chickens Treated With Cipro-like Drugs - 11/7 CSPI 11/13/2003: US, Canada Reject EU Call to End Hormone Sanctions - 11/7 Reuters 11/6/2003: FDA Panel Backs Cloning In Agriculture - 11/5 Washington Post 11/6/2003: Legislation Would Force Restaurants to Disclose Nutrition Content - 11/6 Meating Place 11/6/2003: EU Insists Ban On Hormone-Treated Beef Is Justified - 11/4 Oster Dow Jones 11/6/2003: Senate OKs Ban on 'Downed' Animals - 11/5 AP 11/6/2003: Canada Ponders New Step For Crop, Food Approvals - 11/6 Reuters 11/6/2003: Senate Says Too Soon to Let in Canadian Cows - 11/6 Reuters 11/6/2003: Trace-Back System Plan Aims to Protect Animal Agriculture - 11/1 AgOnline 10/30/2003: No Retraining For Agriculture Inspectors in Border Agency Plan - 10/29 GovExec.com 10/30/2003: Labeling Rule Called Too Costly - 10/28 The Washington Times 10/30/2003: USDA Issues Proposed Rule For Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling - 10/27 USDA 10/30/2003: Eighth Circuit Stays Beef Program Ruling - 10/30 Feedstuffs 10/30/2003: White House Ends Review On Plan To Let Canadian Cattle Into US - 10/29 Dow Jones 10/30/2003: Ag Appropriations Bill Heads to Senate - 10/24 Agriculture Law 10/23/2003: Appeals Court Affirms Pork Checkoff Unconstitutional - 10/22 Agriculture Online 10/23/2003: Country of Origin Labeling Waiting on Senate Action - 10/21 Agri News 10/23/2003: FDA Report Due on Cloning - Questions Center on Consumption of Meat And Milk - 10/21 Boston Globe 10/23/2003: USDA Report Examines Drug Ban Effects - 10/21 USDA ERS 10/23/2003: Farm Dioxins Won't Be Monitored, Fertilizer Posed Little Risk in Studies, EPA Says - 10/18 Washington Post 10/23/2003: USDA Finds Less Listeria in Meat, Poultry - 10/17 SF Gate 10/16/2003: EU Bans Beef With Growth Hormones - 10/15 Boston Globe 10/16/2003: Bioterrorism Rules Kick in Dec. 12 - 10/15 Agriculture Law 10/16/2003: Most Producers Oppose Current Form of COOL, Say Grocers - 10/14 AgOnline 10/16/2003: Vote Unlikely on Cutting US Farm Subsidies Says Senator - 10/14 Reuters 10/16/2003: FDA Warns of 'Food Terrorism' - 10/11 Reuters 10/16/2003: HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance Security of The U.S. Food Supply - 10/9 HHS 10/9/2003: Science Panel Urges Review of Research Terrorists Could Use - 10/9 NY Times 10/9/2003: Japan Mad Cow Case May Affect US-Canada Trade - 10/6 Reuters 10/9/2003: Goodlatte Talks Trade Failure - 10/6 Agriculture Law 10/9/2003: Milk's Critical Role in Schools Championed on Capitol Hill - 10/7 PR Newswire 10/9/2003: White House Reviews Proposal To Allow In Live Canadian Cattle - 10/7 Crop Decisions 10/9/2003: Old Rules on Poultry Categories May Fly the Coop - 10/7 Washington Post 10/2/2003: Meat Groups Cheer New Russia-US Trade Accord - 9/29 AgOnline 10/2/2003: Change It or Rescind It, Say Food Groups - 10/2 Agriculture Law 10/2/2003: Poultry Descriptions Amended - 10/1 Agriculture Law 10/2/2003: EU Moves Closer to Lifting Ban on GMOs - 9/30 EU Observer 10/2/2003: Update on Ruminant Feed (BSE) Enforcement Activities - 10/2 FDA 9/25/2003: FDA Should Keep Close Watch on Biotech Foods-Panel - 9/24 Reuters 9/25/2003: FDA to Limit What Goes Into Animal Feed - 9/23 AP 9/25/2003: U.S. Warned of Agriculture Import Status - 9/25 AP 9/25/2003: EPA Plans Farm Pollution Amnesty - 9/25 LA Times 9/25/2003: COOL Lite Bill Gets Mixed Reviews - 9/22 NPPC 9/25/2003: Iowa Senator Targets Pork Powerhouses With Ceiling on Integration - 9/24 AgOnline 9/18/2003: FSIS Indicates Downward Trend For E. coli O157:H7 - 9/12 MeatingPlace 9/18/2003: Lost Chance for Dairy Reforms - 9/18 Agriculture Law 9/18/2003: FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove 'Hormone Free' Claims From the Labeling Of Dairy Products - 9/12 FDA 9/18/2003: Experts See Gaps in Efforts to Guard U.S. Food Supply - 9/11 Des Moines Register 9/18/2003: Food Firms Put Up a Fight - 9/12 Newsday 9/18/2003: White House Issues Draft Guidance on Peer Review Science in The Regulatory Process - 9/16 AIBS Public Policy Report 9/11/2003: US Months Away From Importing Canadian Cattle - 9/10 USDA 9/11/2003: EU High Court Rules Countries Can Ban Genetically Modified Food - 9/11 AP 9/11/2003: Senators Eye Report on Meat Labeling - 9/10 AP 9/11/2003: HHS Announces New Regional Centers for Biodefense Research - 9/4 HHS 9/11/2003: Animal Conservation Guide Released - 9/10 USDA 9/4/2003: Brussels Rejects Austria's Modified Crop Ban - 9/3 Financial Times 9/4/2003: Official Works to Protect Food From Terror Menace - 9/4 Washington Post 9/4/2003: US Policy Fueling Crisis in Ag Industry Worldwide, Report Finds - 9/4 AgOnline 9/4/2003: Congress Returns with Farm-Related Issues Pending - 9/2 Agriculture Law 9/4/2003: USDA Amends Dairy Promotion And Research Order - 9/2 USDA 8/28/2003: California Would Ban Ocean Salmon Farms, Gene-Altered Fish Under Bill- 8/28 San Francisco Chronicle 8/28/2003: U.S. Does About-Face on Beef - 8/25 The Globe and Mail 8/28/2003: The Push Is On For National Animal ID System - 8/26 AgWeb 8/28/2003: Rehearing Sought on Checkoff Ruling - 8/23 Omaha World Herald 8/21/2003: Canada Seeks Changes to Slaughter Requirements - 8/19 CNews Canada 8/21/2003: USDA Amends Regulations For Recognizing Foreign Regions' Animal Health Status - 8/21 Meating Place 8/21/2003: FDA Unveils 5-Part Strategic Action Plan To "Protect and Advance America's Health" - 8/20 FDA 8/20/2003: Cool Reception for U.S. - E.U. Trade Deal - 8/15 Agriculture Law 8/13/2003: Veneman Announces That Import Permit Applications For Certain Ruminant Products From Canada Will be Accepted - 8/8 USDA 8/13/2003: WHO: Farmers Should Cut Antibiotic Use - 8/13 AP 8/13/2003: Bush Picks Utah Governor to Head EPA - 8/12 Reuters 8/13/2003: National Animal ID Program in The Works - 8/11 Herd on the Hill 8/13/2003: EU Regrets US Action Over GM Foods - 8/8 Business Day 8/6/2003: USDA to Require Permits For All Industrial Biotech Plants - 8/5 USDA 8/6/2003: Biotech Suit Against EU Won't be Dropped, US Says - 8/5 Reuters 8/6/2003: USDA Issues Meat Shipping Guidelines - 8/4 AP 8/6/2003: FDA Approves New Device to Synchronize Estrus in Dairy Cows - 8/4 University of Illinois via AgOnline 8/6/2003: Better Policies Urged on Animal-Borne Diseases - 8/5 Reuters 7/31/2003: FDA Mulls New Animal Feed Rules Due to Mad Cow - 7/28 Reuters 7/31/2003: Fischler Urges US to Drop WTO Biotech Case - 7/29 DTN 7/31/2003: British Poultry Industry in Danger, Committee Reports - 7/25 Meatingplace.com 7/31/2003: USDA Creates Food Safety Risk Assessment Committee 7/25 FSIS 7/31/2003: FDA Loosens Guidelines on Health Claims by Food Firms - 7/28 Chicago Tribune 7/24/2003: Bill to Ban Certain Antibiotics Will be Introduced - 7/23 Drovers 7/24/2003: EU Ministers Endorse New Biotech Rules - 7/22 AP 7/24/2003: Council and Parliament Prohibit Antibiotics as Growth Promoters: Commissioner Byrne Welcomes Adoption of Regulation on Feed Additives - 7/22 FIEN 7/24/2003: Canada Takes More Cow Safety Steps - 7/22 Agriculture Law 7/24/2003: Senate Panel Acts on Agricultural Spending - 7/18 Agriculture Law 7/16/2003: FDA Calls for Trans Fatty Labeling - 7/10 Agriculture Law 7/16/2003: House Rejects Slaughter Ban on 'Downers' - 7/16 Meating Place 7/16/2003: Congress Delays Mandatory COOL - 7/16 Meating Place 7/16/2003: Food Scientists to Assess Bioterrorism Risk - 7/15 Reuters 7/16/2003: USDA Announces Initiatives to Improve Food Safety - 7/10 USDA 7/16/2003: USDA Report: Manure Must be Spread Over More Land - 7/14 Meating Place 7/16/2003: Dairy Industry Opposes Proposed Changes in Yogurt Standards - 7/13 AP 7/16/2003: US Still Talking Over Canadian Beef Ban - 7/15 AP 7/8/2003: Europe Enacts Strict GM Labeling; US Balks - 7/3 Agriculture Law 7/8/2003: Scientists Challenge For-Profit Journals - 7/7 AP 7/8/2003: Federal Appeals Court Rules Beef Checkoff Unconstitutional - 7/8 MeatingPlace 7/8/2003: Bush Says He Wants Quick End to Canada Beef Ban - 7/7 Reuters 7/8/2003: Crawford Vows To Correct Any False Dairy Labeling - 7/8 Agriculture Law 7/2/2003: USDA Mulls New Measures to Prevent Mad Cow Disease - 6/30 Reuters 7/2/2003: USDA Plans to Track Livestock From Birth to Slaughter - 6/27 AP 7/2/2003: Europe Ready to Open The Door to Labelled GM Foods- 7/2 The Guardian 7/2/2003: USDA Tries to Standardize What is 'Tender' - 6/29 AP 7/2/2003: FDA Unlikely to Seek Labels on Cloned Animal Meat, Milk - 6/25 Reuters 7/2/2003: Food Industry Divided Over Labeling Issue - 6/26 Star Tribune 7/2/2003: New Livestock Rules Sow Debate on Animal Rights - 7/1 The Star Ledger 6/18/2003: U.S. Files WTO Case Against Mexico in Beef Antidumping Dispute - 6/17 MeatingPlace 6/18/2003: Dashle, Johnson Urge USDA to Slow Repeal of Canadian Cattle Ban - 6/13 MeatingPlace 6/18/2003: FDA Opts Against Further Biotech Review - 6/17 AP 6/18/2003: Pew Initiative/FDA Conferences on Animal Biotechnology and Cloning Suggest Regulation and Ethical Discussions Must Keep Pace With Scientific Developments - 6/18 PewAgBiotech 6/18/2003: House Panel Votes to Block Country-of-Origin Labels For Meat - 6/18 Just-food.com 6/10/2003: New Incentives to Store Carbon – 6/6 Agriculture Online 6/10/2003: Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) Applauds Launch of Congressional Organic Agriculture Caucus – 6/5 OFRF 6/10/2003: U.S. Pork Producers Form Aggressive New Lobby Group – 6/6 Agriculture Online 6/10/2003: More Exotic Diseases From Animals Seen – 6/9 AP 6/10/2003: Tuesday Update on Canada BSE Situation – 6/10 AgWeb 6/3/2003: USDA Releases Specifications For The Purchase of Irradiated Ground Beef in The National School Lunch Program – 5/29 USDA 6/3/2003: No Deal on Biotech Food – 5/30 The Washington Post 6/3/2003: Senate Bill Allows User Fees For Drug Approvals – 6/2 Feedstuffs 6/3/2003: FAO Urges Urges Nations to Check For BSE – 6/3 Reuters 6/3/2003: G8 Leaders Endorse Science and Technology Action Plan – 6/3 SciDevNet 5/29/2003: Bush Walks a Political Tightrope on EPA – 5/23 EPA 5/29/2003: Harkin Reintroduces Food Safety Bill – 5/26 Houston Chronicle 5/29/2003: Groups Introduce “Certified Humane” Label – 5/26 Dairy Herd Management 5/29/2003: W.H.O. Expected to Gain Broader Powers – 5/28 New York Times 5/29/2003: Farmed Salmon Looking Less Rosy – 5/28 New York Times 5/29/2003: New Food Pyramid is Urged – 5/29 AP 5/21/2003: USDA Funds State-Level Johne's Disease Programs – 5/16 Agriculture Online 5/21/2003: EQIP, Other Programs Ready For Rollout – 5/19 Feedstuffs 5/21/2003: FDA Takes Steps to Control Genetic Engineering Research – 5/19 USA Today 5/21/2003: How Food Safety Can Be Improved – 5/19 The Philadelphia Inquirer 5/21/2003: U.S. Bans Canadian Beef Imports Because of Mad Cow Disease – 5/20 Reuters 5/21/2003: EPA Administrator, Whitman, Resigns – 5/21 EPA Newsroom 5/14/2003: Sen. Harkin Calls on Bush AdministrationTo Revamp Country-of-Origin Labeling Plan – 5/6 NPPC 5/14/2003: Critics Accuse EPA of Evading Clean Air Act Requirements – 5/12 Feedstuffs 5/14/2003: Self-Help Program Seeks to Improve Milk Prices – 5/12 NMPF 5/14/2003: Goodlatte Praises Administration’s Decision to Challenge the EU’s Longstanding Moratorium on Agricultural Biotechnology – 5/13 House Ag Press 5/14/2003: FDA and CDC Partner to Expand Counter Terrorism Laboratories – 5/13 MeatingPlace 5/7/2003: KFC Announces Animal Welfare Standards – 5/1 AP 5/7/2003: No Evidence That SARS Stems From Farm Animals – 5/5 FAO 5/7/2003: Proposal Would Ease Rules of Livestock Farm Pollution – 5/6 Washington Post 5/7/2003: FDA Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations – 5/6 FDA 5/7/2003: U.S. Trade Group Slams Exclusion of Science in Beef, Poultry Trade Regs – 5/7 MeatingPlace 5/7/2003: Goodlatte Meets With Russian Minister of Agriculture Regarding Trade Issues – 5/1 House Ag Committee 4/28/2003: Report Identifies Issues in Government Oversight of Biotech Crops – 4/24 Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 4/28/2003: U.S. Food Safety Standards Should Be More Clearly Linked To Public Health Outcomes – 4/24 National Academies 4/28/2003: USDA Official Says COOL Puts Burden on Producers That Could be 'Significant' – 4/28 Feedstuffs 4/22/2003: Less Salmonella-Tainted Meat in 2002 – 4/17 Reuters 4/22/2003: Irradiated Meat in School Lunches Raises Fears – 4/20 AP 4/22/2003: Spending Bill Included ‘Fix’ For Organic Industry – 4/21 Feedstuffs 4/22/2003: Food Importers Seek Easing of Rules – 4/21 Washington Times 4/16/2003: Veterinarians on Lookout for Bioterror – 4/14 Newsday 4/16/2003: Where’s The Beef (From)? – 4/14 Christian Science Monitor 4/16/2003: Members of Congress Form Food Safety Caucus – 4/14 Feedstuffs 4/16/2003: USDA Offers Funds for CWD Management – 4/15 Drovers 4/16/2003: USDA Establishes the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture – 4/15 USDA 4/9/2003: U.S. Issues Animal-To-Human Transplant Guidelines – 4/3 Reuters 4/9/2003: Senate Repeals GA Organic Exemption – 4/4 AP 4/9/2003: Measures to Keep Food Supply Safe Are on The Table: Experts Warn Holes Still Exist – 4/6 Chicago Tribune 4/9/2003: U.S. Scientist Sees Pig Vaccine as Clue to Fighting SARS – 4/8 Agence France Presse English 4/9/2003: USDA Seeks More Input on “Marketing Claims” For Meat Products – 4/9 MeatingPlace 4/2/2003: E. coli is Topic of Discussion at Food Safety Summit – 3/27 DirectAg 4/2/2003: A Heaping Helping of Food Security – 4/1 Washington Post 4/2/2003: U.S. Releases Annual Review of Trade Barriers – 4/1 AP 4/2/2003: Animal Agriculture Industry Urged to Tighten Farmland Security Against Bioterrorist Attack – 4/1 NIAA 3/26/2003: GAO Releases Report on Food Processing Security – 3/18 GAO 3/26/2003: Senators seek investigation of farm-retail milk price disparity – 3/25 Agriculture Online 3/26/2003: Is Nation Ready For Botulinum Attack? Experts Fear Trouble Ahead – 3/25 AP 3/26/2003: Ag Budget Cuts Still Unclear – 3/25 DTNewswire 3/26/2003: Meat Inspection Progress - Do the States Get to Dance? – 3/26 DirectAg 3/19/2003: Farmers Want to Stop Biotech Wheat – 3/12 AP 3/19/2003: USDA Nears Decision on School Irradiated Meat Program – 3/13 Reuters 3/19/2003: Court Hears Checkoff Lawsuit – 3/14 DTNewswire 3/19/2003: Veneman’s Statement Regarding Change in Threat Level – 3/17 USDA 3/19/2003: Groups Protest Plan to Cut $20 Billion From Ag Spending – 3/18 Agriculture Online 3/19/2003: Five Dairy Co-ops Sue USDA Chief – 3/19 DirectAg 3/12/2003: CAFO Rule Effective in April - 3/6 DTNewswire 3/12/2003: Veneman Says The President's Jobs And Economic Growth Plan Will Save Farm Families $4 Billion in 2003 - 3/7 USDA 3/12/2003: Food Fight Breaks Out Over Agriculture's Vulnerability to Terrorism - 3/7 Nando Times 3/12/2003: Green Groups Challenge US EPA on Manure Controls - 3/10 Reuters 3/12/2003: For ag, North Korean Conflict Could Outshine Impact of Iraq War - 3/11 OSU News Service via Agriculture Online 3/12/2003: Beef Checkoff Case Goes Before U.S. Appeals Court - 3/11 AP 3/5/2003: USDA Begins Meat Testing to Prevent vCJD - 3/4 Just-Food.com 3/5/2003: FDA Warns Against Use of High-Risk Drug in Livestock - 3/4 AP 3/5/2003: USDA Wants to Audit Four Largest U.S. Beef Packers - 2/27 Reuters 3/5/2003: Poultry Disease Outbreak Costs Government $35 Million - 3/1 Supermarket Guru 3/5/2003: Senators Question USDA's COOL Actions - 3/3 Agriculture Law 2/26/2003: Congress OKs 2003-04 Funds For Food Safety, Livestock Marketing Research - 2/21 MeatingPlace.com 2/26/2003: Veneman Cites 'Critical Issues' - 2/21 Agriculture Law 2/26/2003: In Key Test, U.S. Allows Sale of Genetically Engineered Corn - 2/26 Washington Post 2/26/2003: Senate Bill Would Restore Organic Food Standard - 2/26 Reuters 2/26/2003: Rival Bills to Limit Cloning Hit Congress - 2/26 Reuters 2/26/2003: Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Kosher Meat Dispute - 2/26 MeatingPlace 2/19/2003: Trade War Over Biotech Food: Now, Later or Never? - 2/13 AgWeb 2/19/2003: Pork Suffers With COOL - 2/13 Agriculture Law 2/19/2003: Fears For European Egg Producers in Wake of New Law - 2/17 The Journal 2/19/2003: WTO Talks Hit Agriculture Deadlock - 2/15 Reuters 2/19/2003: Congress Draws Up $3.1B Farm Aid Package - 2/14 AP 2/12/2003: California Adopts Standards For Introduction of Genetically Engineered Fish - 2/10 AP 2/12/2003: Federal Drill to Test Preparedness For Foot-And-Mouth 'Agro-terrorism' - 2/10 USA Today 2/12/2003: Grassley Bill Targets Meatpackers - 2/7 DTN 2/12/2003: Science Does Not Support Changes to FDA Animal Feed Rules, AMI Says in Comments - 2/5 AMI 2/12/2003: Colorado May OK First Pet Companionship Law - 2/10 AP 2/12/2003: Lawmakers Seek Tougher Meat Safety Requirements - 2/11 AP 2/12/2003: U.S. Says "Wrestling" With Anti-EU Biotech Case - 2/11Reuters 2/5/2003: USDA Plans Tougher Enforcement of Food Safety Measures - 2/1 The Nando Times 2/5/2003: Dole, Talent Are Given Ag Subcommittee Chairmanships - 2/5 Congress Daily 2/5/2003: U.S. Delays Suing Europe Over Ban on Modified Food - 2/5 NY Times 2/5/2003: Who Moved The Cheese? Canadian Supreme Court Tells Oncomouse to go Home - VA Tech ISB Newsletter 2/5/2003: Veneman Spells Out Bush USDA Budget - 2/4 Agriculture Law 2/5/2003: AMI Attorney Warns Industry: Gear up For COOL Law Now - 2/5 MeatingPlace 1/29/2003: Veneman Appoints Members to Newly Established Research, Education And Economics Task Force - 1/23 USDA 1/29/2003: President Bush to Propose Record-Level Funding For USDA Food Safety Programs - 1/23 USDA 1/29/2003: $3.1 Billion Approved For Drought Relief - 1/23 Washington Post 1/29/2003: U.S. Seeks Support For Agriculture Research - 1/24 Washington Times 1/29/2003: Chairman Goodlatte Announces New Subcommittee Chairmanships And Jurisdictions - 1/28 House Ag Committee 1/29/2003: U.S. Opens Online Portal to Rulemaking - 1/23 Washington Post 1/29/2003: GAO Finds Shortfalls in EPA CAFO Rules - 1/27 AgWeb 1/22/2003: EPA Unveils New Policy to Cut Agricultural Discharges Into Waterways - 1/15 Meating Place 1/22/2003: Ag Spending Bill Still Tied up in Red Tape - 1/15 AgOnline 1/22/2003: USDA Marks Progress on BSE Prevention Action Steps - 1/15 USDA 1/22/2003: EU Denies U.S. Charge of ''Immoral'' Biotech Policy - 1/20 Reuters 1/22/2003: GOP Pushing $3.1 Billion Farmer Aid Package - 1/17 AgLaw 1/22/2003: Grassley Not Deterred by Farm Bureau Vote on Packer Feeding Ban - 1/22 AgOnline 1/14/2003: Goodlatte Elected Chairman of The House Agriculture Committee- 1/8 House News 1/14/2003: Packer Ban Bill Resurfaces With Tighter Limits - 1/8 AgOnline 1/14/2003: Firm Seeks ok to Sell Cloned Meat- 1/12 Canada.com 1/14/2003: Massachusetts Official Introduces Bill to Limit Milk Prices - 1/10 The Boston Globe 1/14/2003: Veneman Highlights USDA Midterm Record - 1/7 USDA 1/14/2003: USDA to Ignore Public Citizen's Irradiation Crusade - 1/8 Meatingplace.com 1/14/2003: FDA Approves Sale of Nonrefrigerated Milk in U.S. - 1/12 Dairy Action 1/6/2003: CDC Blames U.S. Salmonella Outbreak on Undercooked Eggs - 1/6 Meating Place 1/6/2003: Congress Returns, Swearing in Is Tuesday - 1/6 Agriculture Law 1/6/2003: FDA Reaffirms its rBST Labeling Policy; Enforcement Could Result - 12/30 IDFA 1/6/2003: California Poultry Crisis Worsens, Exports Suspended - 1/6 Farm Progress 1/6/2003: USDA Denies Misleading Lawmakers Investigating E. coli O157:H7 - 12/30 Meating Place 12/18/2002: US Impatient With EU Ban on GMOs, Beef Hormones - 12/17 Reuters 12/18/2002: USDA Research Needs Refocusing - 12/12 Agriculture Law 12/18/2002: Safeguards Established for Food Safety - 12/11 Agriculture Law 12/18/2002: European Agriculture Council Backs Prohibition of Antibiotics as Growth Promoters - 12/17 Meat News 12/18/2002: EPA Issues New Rules on Livestock Waste - 12/17 Washington Post 12/18/2002: Washington State Issues Ban on Transgenic Fish - 12/16 Seafood News 12/11/2002: USDA and China Sign Protocol on Cooperation in Ag Science/Technology - 12/10 AgWeb 12/11/2002: Across-Government Science Site Highlights ARS Research Information - 12/10 ARS 12/11/2002: Life Forms Can't be Patented, Supreme Court Rules - 12/5 The Star 12/11/2002: APHIS Asking For Authority to Increase Tissue Sampling in Packing Plants - 12/6 meatingplace.com 12/11/2002: GMO Science Network Launched in EU - 12/5 Food Navigator 12/2/2002: New USDA Directive Mandates 'Aggressive' Approach to Listeria Testing - 11/20 Meatingplace.com 12/2/2002: AMS Puts Country Of Origin Labeling Price Tag at $2 Billion - 11/22 AgWeb.com 12/2/2002: Updated Information on Ruminant Feed Regulations - FDA Veterinarian 12/2/2002: U.S. Ponders Next Course In EU Biotech-Food Fight - 12/2 Wall Street Journal 12/2/2002: Some Antibiotics Face Farm Ban - 11/18 Ontario Farmer 11/19/2002: FDA Bans Use of Meat Proteins From CWD Animals in Feed Stocks - 11/14 meatingplace.com 11/19/2002: USDA 2001 Animal Welfare Report Released 11/19/2002: Stay Granted by Appeals Court to Continue Pork Checkoff - 11/15 PR Newswire 11/19/2002: Historic Bill to Double NSF Budget Passes House and Senate - 11/15 NCSE 11/19/2002: Goodlatte Seeks House Agriculture Chairmanship - 11/14 AgricultureLaw.com 11/19/2002: Who Will Chair The House Ag Committee? 11/12 DTN News 11/12/2002: Senate Addresses Improved Food Labels For Allergies - 11/12 Pittsburgh Post Gazette 11/12/2002: Voter Impact on Swine Production May Come to a State Near You- 11/9 Purdue University 11/12/2002: Lab Animal Study Sidelined - 11/6 The Scientist 11/12/2002: Improved Meat Testing is Urged to Control Listeria - 11/7 AP 11/12/2002: Cochran to Chair Senate Agriculture Committee - 11/6 DTN 11/12/2002: Oregon Genetically Engineered Food Label Bid Fails - 11/6 Reuters 11/5/2002: Appeals Court Agrees that Livestock Grazing Does Not Hurt Endangered Species - 10/30 Hoovers 11/5/2002: MSU Professor Launches Animal Law Web Center - 10/30 Michigan State University 11/5/2002: Experts Question Reliability of Meat Import Inspections - 11/3 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 11/5/2002: Judge Says Beef Checkoff is Constitutional - 11/1 Cattlemen's Beef Board 11/5/2002: FDA Launches Study of Fatal Elk, Deer Disease - 11/4 Reuters Health 11/5/2002: Iowa Senators Criticize Biotech Ban on Some Crops - 11/1 Reuters 11/5/2002: USDA Value-Added Grants Analysis Released - 11/1 AgOnline 10/29/2002: Lawmakers Seek Meat Recall Details -10/29 AP 10/29/2002: Retail Prices For Selected Cuts of Meat Now Published on ERS Website - 10/25 Meatingplace.com 10/29/2002: Florida Elections Commission Slaps Activists With 210 Violations - 10/25 Meatingplace.com 10/29/2002: USDA: Organic Foods May Be More Contamination-Prone -10/24 Reuters 10/29/2002: Irradiated Meat OK'd for Schools - 10/26 AP 10/29/2002: Federal Judge Rules Pork Checkoff Unconstitutional - 10/28 AgOnline 10/23/2002: Veneman Reviews Farm Bill Implementation Progress - 10/18 USDA 10/23/2002: Irradiated Food Gets Thumbs-up From USDA - 10/22 San Francisco Gate 10/23/2002: Organic Standards Take Effect - 10/22 Agriculture Law 10/23/2002: New GMO Directive Taking Effect Today in EU - 10/17 AP 10/23/2002: Egg Battle Rolls on the Ins and Outs - 10/22 Washington Post 10/16/2002: USDA Issues Guidelines For Interim Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling - 10/8 10/16/2002: FDA Mulls Alternative Ways to Say 'Irradiated' Food - 10/8 Reuters 10/16/2002: U.S. House Panel Proposes a Record $5.4-Billion Budget for NSF - 10/9 The Chronicle of Higher Education 10/16/2002: FDA Tries to Remove Genetic Label Before it Sticks - 10/9 USA Today 10/16/2002: Congress to Consider FDA Genetic Foods Review - 10/14 UPI 10/8/2002: Strict EU Limits Could Kill GM-Free Animal Feed - 10/8 ENS via Agbios 10/8/2002: USDA Lays Egg by Requiring Chickens to go Outdoors, Farmers Say - 10/3 Des Moines Register 10/8/2002: Groups Debate US Plan on Antibiotics For Animals - 10/4 Planet Ark 10/8/2002: Cattle Industry Launches National Identification Program - 10/3 Hoovers 10/8/2002: Veneman Announces $752 Million in Immediate Assistance For Livestock Producers - 10/8 USDA 10/1/2002: Veneman Announces $14.2 Million in Grants to Expand Food Safety Research And Education - 9/27 USDA 10/1/2002: Survey Shows Decline in Antibiotic Use in Animals - 9/30 AHI 10/1/2002: White House to Nominate New FDA Head 10/1/2002: USDA Reports E. coli 0157:H7 More Widespread Than Thought - 9/25 AgOnline 9/23/2002: European Court Backs Ban on Antibiotics in Animal Feed - 9/17 Meat Processing News 9/23/2002: Research Shows Improvements in Safe Food Handling by Consumers - 9/18 FDA News 9/23/2002: USDA Warns Farmers of Michigan Pig Bacteria Theft - 9/19 AgOnline 9/23/2002: USDA Funding Bill Still Not on House Schedule - 9/23 Agriculture Law 9/23/2002: Veneman Says Farm Bill Payments Will be on Time - 9/18 AgOnline 9/17/2002: New FDA Guidelines Question Effects of Animal Antibiotics - 9/12 Nando Times 9/17/2002: FDA Addresses Drugs, Bioengineered Plants - 9/9 USA Today 9/17/2002: Many Worry That Nation is Still Highly Vulnerable to Germ Attack - 9/9 NY Times 9/17/2002: Senate Rebuffs Bush, Passes Farm Aid - 9/11 AgricultureLaw 9/17/2002: Country of Origin Labeling Moves Forward - 9/16 DirectAg 9/3/2002: World Meat Demand to Rise, Animal Disease Fears - FAO - 8/28 Reuters 9/3/2002: Fund Set Up to Safeguard Future Food Supply - 8/29 Reuters 9/3/2002: U.S. Agricultural Exports to Surge in 2003 According to New USDA Forecast - 8/29 USDA 9/3/2002: Trans Fat Data to Be Added to Food Labels - 9/2 NY Times 9/3/2002: California Won't Formally Ban GE Fish- 8/29 AP 8/27/2002: Bush Baits Brussels Over GM Crops - 8/25 The Independent 8/27/2002: Strike at Animal Disease Center Prompts Concerns For Safety - 8/21 NY Times 8/27/2002: Poultry Discussions Successfully Conclude; U.S. Exports to Russia to Continue - 8/23 USDA 8/27/2002: USDA Falls Down on Disseminating FMD Outbreak Info, Says GAO - 8/27 AgOnline 8/20/2002: USDA Changes Its Policy On Inspecting Meat Plants - 8/15 Wall Street Journal 8/20/2002: National Academy of Science Releases Animal Biotechnology Report - 8/20 NAS 8/20/2002: ARS Nutrient Database With Updated Meat and Poultry Data Now Available Online - 8/18 MeatAMI.com 8/20/2002: U.S. Drops Requirement for Some Animal Tests - 8/20 Reuters 8/20/2002: UK to Import US Plasma to Skirt 'Mad Cow' Issues - 8/16 Reuters Health 8/12/2002: Activists Seek to Ban Gestation Crates, Halt Corporate Hog Farm Growth in Florida - 8/7 meatingplace.com 8/12/2002: Agriculture Vulnerable, Panel Warned - 8/12 AP 8/12/2002: Labels For Genetically Altered Food Put to Vote; Oregon Would be First to Require Such Listing - 8/12 AP 8/12/2002: Military to Shell Out $42.5 Million to Study Prion Diseases - 8/8 JS Online 8/12/2002: Russia Says no More Concessions in US Poultry Row - 8/9 Planet Ark 8/6/2002: E. coli Scare May Help Create Meat Research Center - 7/31 N. Colorado Business Report 8/6/2002: USDA Plans to Bolster Animal Labs - 7/31 Des Moines Register 8/5/2002: USDA Creates New APHIS Unit to Focus on Biotechnology - 8/5 AgOnline 8/5/2002: Bush Advisers Propose Use Of Gene-Modified Plants - 8/2 Wall Street Journal 7/29/2002: House Backs Trade Power For President - Narrow Vote Ends 8 Years Of Battle Over Authority - 7/28 Washington Post 7/29/2002: Mandatory Recall Legislation Introduced in Congress - 7/25 7/29/2002: ConAgra Recalls 19 Million Pounds of Beef - 7/22 Agriculture Law 7/29/2002: US Agriculture Vulnerable to Bioterrorism, Experts Say - 7/26 AgOnline 7/29/2002: EU Slams U.S. Farm Trade Plans - 7/29 UPI 7/15/2002: FDA to Require Trans Fat Labeling - 7/10 AP 7/15/2002: GOP Rejects Move To Alter Farm Bill - 7/12 Washington Post 7/15/2002: USDA Appropriations Approved - 7/12 AgricultureLaw 7/15/2002: House Ag Committee Takes Action on Agriculture Issues - 7/15 AgLink 7/15/2002: Veneman: USDA Staffers Working Hard to Get New Farm Bill Running - 7/11 AgOnline 7/15/2002: Packer Feeding Ban Issue Still Alive in Congress - 7/10 AgOnline 7/9/2002: EU Parliament Backs Tough GM Food Labeling - 7/3 Reuters 7/9/2002: USDA, Interior Department, Send CWD Control Plan to Congress - 7/4 meatingplace 7/9/2002: Guidelines Target Welfare of Farm Animals - 7/8 Des Moines Register 7/9/2002: Department of Justice Files For a Stay of Injunction in Beef Checkoff Case - 7/9 meatingplace 7/9/2002: Codex Completes Next Round on Animal Feeding - 7/8 Feedstuffs 7/2/2002: U.S. Defends Its Farm Subsidies Against Rising Foreign Criticism - 6/27 NY Times 7/2/2002: Proposed APHIS Move Sparks Debate - 6/27 AgOnline 7/2/2002: House Narrowly Approves Sending TPA Package to Conference w/Senate - 6/27 AgWeb.com 7/2/2002: German Lawmakers Approve Constitutional Measure on Animal Rights - 7/2 meatingplace.com 6/26/2002: USDA Has New Meat Labeling Rules - 6/26 AgricultureLaw.com 6/26/2002: Keep Part of APHIS Within USDA Says Senate Farm Chairman - 6/25 Reuters 6/26/2002: U.S. Conducts Mock Agriculture Bioterrorist Attack - 6/27 Reuters 6/20/2002: Bill Proposes Fee to OK Animal Drugs - Des Moines Register 6/24/2002: USDA to Look at Cattle Prices - 6/21 Omaha.com 6/24/2002: Judge Kills Controversial Beef Program - 6/22 Nando Times 6/24/2002: US May Merge Food Safety Into Homeland Security - 6/21 Reuters 6/24/2002: UK to Consult on New Chicken Welfare Measures - 6/24 Reuters 6/17/2002: State Ag Depts. Say APHIS Move Would Set Off Turf Battles - 6/12 AgOnline 6/17/2002: Senate Keeps Death Tax Alive, But Efforts to Repeal it Will Continue - 6/17 meatingplace.com 6/17/2002: Raising Farm Subsidies, U.S. Widens International Rift - 6/16 NY Times 6/17/2002: New US Agency May Hinder Biotech Companies - 6/13 Reuters 6/17/2002: Myth and Fact on New Farm Law - 6/17 AgricultureLaw.com 6/10/2002: Bush Taps APHIS to Join Homeland Security - 6/10 Feedstuffs 6/10/2002: Activists Seize AMI Offices in Protest of 'Corporate Monopoly' of Factory Farms - 6/4 meatingplace.com 6/10/2002: EU Takes Steps to Require More Labeling for GMOs - 6/5 The Wall Street Journal 6/10/2002: Senators Introduces Bill to Limit Farm Subsidies - 6/5 Agweb.com 6/10/2002: US Pilot Program Improves Food Safety - 6/5 Reuters 6/10/2002: Germany Signals Dramatic Widening in Food Scare - 6/6 Reuters 6/10/2002: White House Opposes Biotech Labels - 6/10 BioResearchOnline 6/3/2002: Veneman Defends Farm Bill; Says Law Offers 'Stability,' Acceptable Funding Increases - 5/30 meatingplace.com 6/3/2002: USDA Rules Out Proposed Meat Label - 5/29 AP 6/3/2002: USDA Funds Efforts of Animal Disease Labs - 5/30 LA Times 6/3/2002: Germans Destroy 63,000 Chickens in Organic Feed Scare - 5/31 meatingplace.com 6/3/2002: Green Lobby Forces Blair Into Rethink Over GM -The Observer 5/28/2002: GAO Experts View Regimen of Safety Tests as Adequate, Could be Improved 5/28/2002: Critics: Ground Beef Safety System Not Working - 5/23 AP 5/28/2002: EU Proposals on GM Food Labels Unworkable - 5/24 planetark.org 5/28/2002: First U.S. Poultry Shipments Unloaded in Russia - 5/24 meatingplace.com 5/28/2002: Livestock ID Bill Introduced - 5/22 AgricultureLaw.com 5/28/2002: Biotechnology Bills to be Released 5/28/2002: TPA Passage Draws Applause - 5/28 AgricultureLaw.com 5/28/2002: Veneman: Those Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones - 5/22 AgOnline 5/21/2002: Still no Poultry Exports to Russia as Summit Draws Near - 5/16 meatingplace.com 5/21/2002: Germany Becomes First European Nation to Guarantee Animal Rights in its Constitution - 5/17 AP 5/21/2002: Missouri House OKs Ban on Barn Photos - 5/16 AP 5/21/2002: USDA Launches Farm Bill Information Web Site - 5/15 Agriculture Law 5/21/2002: Senate Proceeds With Trade Bill - 5/15 AP 5/10/2002: Newly Released Report Supports Antibiotic Ban - 5/10 AgJournal 5/13/2002: U.S. Agricultural Losses Valued at $944 Million Due to Wildlife Damage - 5/3 NASS 5/13/2002: Senate, White House Negotiators Reach Agreement on Trade Package - 5/9 AP 5/13/2002: President Bush Signs Farm Bill - 5/13 Agriculture Online 5/6/2002: Farm Bill Final Passage Predicted - 5/3 AP 5/6/2002: FSIS Adopts New Screening Method For Listeria monocytogenes - 4/30 5/6/2002: Russians Claim U.S. Chicken Imports Are Infected With Avian Influenza - 5/1 meatingplace.com 5/6/2002: House Approves Final Farm Bill; Bush Will Sign - 5/3 AgricultureLaw 5/6/2002: Big-Spending U.S. Farm Bill Tangles Trade Talks - 5/5 Reuters 5/6/2002: California Legislature Comes Closer to Banning Genetically Modified Salmon - 4/30 pewagbiotech 4/29/2002: New Study Claims Animal Antibiotics Speed Resistance in Humans - 4/23 Reuters 4/29/2002: Russia Grants More Permits For U.S. Poultry Imports, U.S. Ambassador Says Action Too Slow - 4/25 AP 4/29/2002: House-Senate Conferees Drop Packer Ban From Farm Bill - 4/29 meatingplace.com 4/29/2002: USDA Announces New Safety Directives to Control Pathogens in Ground Beef Plants - 4/29 meatingplace.com 4/29/2002: White House Loses Farm Bill Battle - 4/27 AP 4/29/2002: States Take Precautions as Mass Cull Continues in Avian Influenza Outbreak - 4/24 meatingplace.com 4/22/2002: Senate Ag Committee Offers Change in Packer Feeding Ban - 4/19 Ag Online 4/22/2002: Farm Bill to be Finished This Week, Says Harkin - 4/21 Reuters 4/22/2002: Bioterrorism Legislation Delayed as Food Companies Seek Changes - 4/17 AP 4/22/2002: Putin: There Has Been no 'Chicken War' With The US - 4/22 AP 4/22/2002: Pet Food Institute Offers Guide for Handling Salvage & Distressed Pet Food 4/22/2002: FDA Says Monsanto Canola Doesn't Appear to Pose Risks - 4/16 Wall Street Journal 4/11/2002: Harkin Wants More for Genome Research - 4/9 AgricultureLaw 4/11/2002: Idea of Combining Food Safety Agencies Gains Momentum - Congress Daily 4/12/2002: Russia May Postpone Ending US Poultry Ban - 4/12 Reuters 4/12/2002: Packer Ownership Taken Up In Farm Bill Debate - 4/12 AgWeb 4/15/2002: Behind Days of Talk, Progress Toward US Farm Bill - 4/13 Reuters 4/5/2002: Russia Announces End of Poultry Import Ban - 4/2 meatingplace.com 4/5/2002: Dispute Between Monsanto and DuPont Settled Out of Court- 4/3 NY Times 4/8/2002: No Farm Bill until Mid-April – Maybe 4/2 AFIA News 4/5/2002: Court Rules in Favor of USDA Inspection Project - 4/3 AgricultureLaw.com 4/5/2002: New Web Guide Lets You Follow the Farm Bill - 4/5 DairyAction 3/29/2002: European Union Moves to Ban All Antibiotics in Animal Feed - 3/27 meatingplace.com 3/29/2002: Harkin Asks Attorney General To Investigate Cattle Market Decline - 3/29 AgWeb.com 3/29/2002: Russia Agrees to Lift Ban on U.S. Poultry in April - 3/31 AP 4/1/2002: USDA Predicts Surge in Biotech Crops - 3/28 Salon.com 3/22/2002: Report Projects Big Industry Losses From Packer-Ownership Ban - 3/19 Drovers 3/25/2002: China Drags Feet on GMO Certificates, Markets Fret - 3/20 Reuters 3/25/2002: Agreement Reached on Farm Spending - 3/20 AP 3/25/2002: Russia Not Budging on Poultry Ban - 3/20 Agweb 3/22/2002: FDA Delays Labeling of Biotech-Free Foods - 3/21 Nando Times 3/22/2002: Analysts Say Kansas Foot-And-Mouth Rumor Cost Industry $50 Million - 3/20 meatingplace.com 3/15/2002: Much Disagreement, Little Time For Farm Bill - 3/14 Reuters 3/15/2002: Ridge Proposes Food Safety Merger - 3/15 Washington Post 3/15/2002: Russia to Keep U.S. Poultry Ban - 3/15 Reuters 3/15/2002: McDonald's Said Close to Settling Lawsuit Over French Fries - 3/11 Just-Food.com 3/15/2002: NGFA/PFI Requests Changes to Animal Feeding Practices - 3/13 AgWeb.com 3/15/2002: Operators of Large Feedlots Say Subsidies Are Needed - 3/13 Omaha News Herald 3/8/2002: $6 Billion Problem Revealed in Senate Farm Bill - 3/8 AP 3/8/2002: Farm Bill Provision Defines Irradiated Meat as 'Pasteurized' - 3/5 NY Times 3/8/2002: D.C. Group Demands IRS Strip PETA's Tax-Exempt Status - 3/8 meatingplace.com 3/8/2002: US Confirms Deal With China on GMO Import Rules - 3/8 Reuters 3/8/2002: House Names More Conferees - 3/8 AgricultureLaw.com 3/8/2002: U.S. Judge Approves $9 Mln StarLink Settlement - 3/7 Reuters 3/1/2002: Web Site Helped Change Farm Policy - 2/25 NY Times 3/1/2002: Farm Bill Negotiators Face Long List of Thorny Issues to Resolve - 2/25 AP 3/1/2002: Conferees Named to Decide Final Farm Bill - 3/1 AgricultureLaw 3/1/2002: USDA/FDA Respond to GAO Report Indicating Efforts to Keep BSE out of U.S. Are 'Flawed' - 3/1 3/1/2002: Bill Would Ban Most Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals - 2/27 Reuters 3/1/2002: U. of Connecticut Admits to Major Violations of Animal Welfare Act - 3/1 Chronicles of Higher Education 2/22/2002: Farm Bill Meetings Start - 2/22 AgricultureLaw.com 2/22/2002: FSIS Won't Act on Humane Slaughter Petition - 2/20 AgricultureLaw.com 2/22/2002: Keep Federal Farm Spending Even, Says Veneman - 2/21 AgOnline 2/22/2002: White House Backs House Farm Bill Plan - 2/21 Reuters 2/22/2002: Regulation of Transgenic Plants Should Be Reinforced; Field Monitoring for Environmental Effects Needed - National Academies 2/22/2002: China's Zhu Rebuffs Bush in Disagreement Over GM Soybeans - 2/22 Reuters 2/15/2002: Note to FASS Members in Regard to Research Funding (IFAFS) in the Farm Bill: Your Help is Needed! 2/15/2002: ELF Funded by PETA, Says Center for Consumer Freedom - 2/15 US Newswire 2/15/2002: Senate Passes Farm Bill - 2/13 AgricultureLaw.com 2/15/2002: Senate Farm Bill Has Dairy Provisions - 2/14 AgricultureLaw.com 2/15/2002: Senate Retains Packer Amendment - 2/13 AgricultureLaw.com 2/15/2002: U.S. House Farm Leaders Oppose Packer Herd Ban - 2/14 Reuters 2/8/2002: US Says No Evidence to Support China GMO Import Rules - Reuters 2/8/2002: Senate Approves Limit on Farm Subsidies - 2/8 AgricultureLaw.com 2/8/2002: President's Budget To Provide $131 Million Increase In Funding To Protect Agriculture And The Nation's Food Supply - 2/4 USDA 2/8/2002: Group Calls on FDA, USDA, Congress to Halt Slaughter of Diseased Livestock - 2/5 www.meatingplace.com 2/8/2002: Harkin Fairness in Livestock Contracting Bill Passes Senate - 2/7 AgWeb.com 2/8/2002: End Big-Spending Gimmicks in Farm Bill says Bush - 2/8 Reuters 2/1/2002: Physicians' Activist Group Linked to Animal Rights Terrorists - 1/28 meatingplace.com 2/1/2002: Veneman Defends Farm Subsidies - 1/28 mycattle.com 2/1/2002: FDA Makes U.S. Food Security its Top Priority - 1/29 Reuters 2/1/2002: Meatpackers Look for Senate Reversal - 1/31 AP 2/1/2002: Former Top USDA Official Joins Sens. Clinton, Harkin in Salmonella Fight - 1/30 meatingplace.com 1/25/2002: National Academies, NRC Report Releases Report on Need for Technology Education - 1/19 Courtesy of Jack Cooper, FIEN 1/25/2002: FAO Calls for End to Antibiotic - 1/25 AgricultureLaw.com 1/25/2002: USDA Reports U.S. Poultry Exports Maintain Star Billing Worldwide - 1/21 AgriNews 1/25/2002: USDA Releases Higher Estimate of Captive Cattle Supplies - 1/18 Agriculture Online 1/25/2002: Senate Gets New Look at U.S. Farm Subsidy Deadlock - 1/22 AgricultureOnline 1/25/2002: Britain Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Health Officials Say - 1/23 AP 1/25/2002: USDA to Seek More Humane Treatment in Meat Plants - 1/25 Reuters 1/18/2002: Animal Rights Groups Make Headway for Pregnant Pig Protection - 1/17 Reuters 1/18/2002: USDA Wants to Expand New Meat Inspection System Despite Questions About Results - 1/17 AP 1/18/2002: Farm Bill Possible by Easter According to NCGA - 1/15 agriculturelaw.com 1/18/2002: FSIS Publishes Current Thinking Paper On BSE Policy Measures 1/18/2002: US Meat Labelling Law Unsettling To Canadian Cattle Sector - 1/17 Resource News International 1/9/2002: USDA Delays Chicken Labeling Rules - 1/8 Reuters 1/11/2002: USDA Gets $367 Million More for Biosecurity - 1/10 Reuters 1/11/2002: Almost Half of All State Legislatures Passed Bills Relating to Agricultural Biotechnology in 2001 - 1/11 pewagbiotech.org 1/9/2002: USDA Will Await Congressional Intent on National Loan Rate Determination - 1/4 USDA 1/9/2002: US Senator Seeks Animal Antibiotic Stockpile - 1/9 Reuters 1/11/2002: USDA Approves Use of Activated Lactoferrin to Treat Fresh Beef - 1/11 www.meatingplace.com 12/27/2001: FDA Warns Natural-Foods Companies On Misleading Labels - 12/20 Wall Street Journal 12/27/2001: Democrats Pigeonhole Farm Bill Till 2002 - 12/20 Washington Post 12/27/2001: Democrats Look to Give USDA Power to Close Meat Plants - 12/19 Reuters 12/27/2001: White House Confirms Bush Committment to Farm Bill Funding - 12/21 Agweb.com 12/28/2001: USDA Changes Swine Movement Requirements - 12/20 Agweb.com 12/28/2001: FSIS Oks Use of Ozone on Ready-to-Eat Meat, Poultry Products 12/18/2003: Feed Additives to Boost Cattle Performance, Human Health Benefits of Beef - 12/18 Canada Alberta Beef Industry Development Fund 12/18/2003: USDA: Vaccine Stops Shipping Fever in Feeder Calves - 12/17 AgOnline 12/18/2003: Scientists to Probe Milk's Genes to Understand its Health Benefits - 12/16 University of California, Davis 12/18/2003: SMCM Professor Discovers Cattle Hormones That Leak Into Streams and Alter Fish Reproduction - 12/18 EurekAlert 12/18/2003: Less is More: New Technology Captures Gene-Rich DNA Segments - 12/18 EurekAlert 12/18/2003: Antibiotic Use on Swine Farms Increases Efficiency, Profits - 12/16 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 12/18/2003: Ohio State Creates First Gene Chip For Horse - 12/15 Ohio State 12/10/2003: Scientists Clone Mad Cow-Resistant Calves, Pigs - 12/10 Korea Times 12/10/2003: Designer Sperm For Infertile - 12/10 The Australian 12/10/2003: Classical Swine Fever: New Test Approved - 12/5 European Commission 12/10/2003: Researchers are a Step Closer to New Cattle Growth Promoter - 12/5 AgOnline 12/10/2003: High Level of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria That Cause Food Poisoning - 12/8 BioMedCentral 12/4/2003: Mouse Genome Now Available in Hardback Edition - 12/4 Reuters 12/4/2003: Checking Nutrient Flow: Researchers Track Manure Nutrient Path Through Fields - December Pork News 12/4/2003: High-Tech Livestock Tracing in Works - 12/3 The Star Phoenix 12/4/2003: Reversibly-Sterile Fish Via Transgenesis - 12/3 ISB News Report 12/4/2003: Discovery May Lead to Gene Targets For New Form of Contraceptive - 12/2 Innovations Report 12/4/2003: Researchers Reveal Early Steps in Clone Development - 11/25 EurekaAlert 12/4/2003: New Protein Delivery Method Increases Beef Feed Efficiency, Reduces Manure Volume - 11/25 CABIDF 11/20/2003: Seeing Salmonella Move Through Pigs - 11/18 ARS 11/20/2003: Veterinarians Develop Sports Medicine For Dogs And Horses - 11/19 Knight Ridder Newspapers 11/20/2003: A Look Into University-Industry Relationships (“UIRs”) on Academic Research in Agricultural Biotechnology - 11/18 PewAgBiotech 11/20/2003: Germ Detection System Active in 31 Cities - 11/17 Reuters 11/20/2003: Researchers Describe New Technique For Cataloging RNA Targets in Rare Brain Disease - 11/14 Innovations Report 11/20/2003: Latest Indicator of Feed Efficiency Could Spur New Generation of Efficient Cattle - 11/13 Canada Alberta Beef Industry 11/13/2003: Study Links Kernel Traits And Cattle Performance - 11/11 AgOnline 11/13/2003: Some Re-established Elk Herds Lack Genetic Diversity of Ancestors - 11/7 Purdue News 11/13/2003: U.S.: Food Safety Issues Dog Cloned Beef - 11/12 InterPress News Agency Service 11/13/2003: Midwest Research Looks at Cows to Produce Vaccines - 11/10 AP 11/13/2003: Activist Agendas Sway Veterinary Profession - DVM Newsmagazine 11/13/2003: Feeding, Grazing GM Corn Doesn't Affect Livestock Performance - 11/10 AgOnline 11/6/2003: Project Aims To Clean House on Filth Flies - 11/5 ARS 11/6/2003: Protein Map Shows Just What a Fly's Genes Do - 11/6 Reuters 11/6/2003: Killer CJD Proteins Found Outside Brain - 11/5 Health Day News 11/6/2003: Cloning Team Ready to Reproduce Horses, Pets - 11/3 Capitol Press Weekly 11/6/2003: New Feed Supplement Produces Heart-Healthy Milk - 11/4 UC Davis 10/30/2003: Study: Climate Change Threatens U.S. Farms - 10/29 Discovery News 10/30/2003: Consumers Value Genetically Modified Foods That Directly Benefit Them - 10/24 Purdue News 10/30/2003: New Science Curriculum Aims to Curb 'Animal Rights' Influence - 10/28 CNS News 10/30/2003: Scientists May Have Found Solution to Protect Corn, Peanuts From Aflatoxin - 10/27 AP 10/30/2003: Cats, Ferrets Can Carry SARS Virus - 10/30 Washington Post 10/30/2003: Food from Cloned Animals Safe -FDA Report - 10/30 Reuters 10/30/2003: Dairy Management Inc.(TM) Funds Research Into Futuristic Cheesemaking: 'Vatless' Cheesemaking Helps Industry Meet Consumer Demand And Capture Wheyproteins - 10/28 ExtraordinaryDairy.com 10/23/2003: Is Your Sheep Stressed? Just Ask It - 10/22 Reuters 10/23/2003: Irradiation Still Meets Opponents - 10/22 Fresno Bee 10/23/2003: 'Slow DMD' Barley Promises Major Gains For Cattle Feeding - 10/21 Western Grains Research Foundation 10/23/2003: Ethics 101: A Course About the Pitfalls - 10/21 NY Times 10/23/2003: Pigs Trained in Landmine Discovery - 10/21 Meatingplace 10/23/2003: Vaccine, Feed Additive Reduce E. coli 0157:H7 in Feedlots - 10/22 Agriculture Online 10/16/2003: New Test Could Lead to Healthier Herds - 10/15 AgOnline 10/16/2003: Scientists Closer to Understanding Prion Disease - 10/16 Reuters 10/16/2003: Poultry Inspection System Ready for Testing - 10/16 Agriculture Law 10/16/2003: Science Begins to Add Weight to CLA - 10/16 10/16/2003: Restricting The Gene Pool - 10/15 Science Daily 10/16/2003: This Chicken Could Change Your Life - 10/15 Business Report 10/9/2003: Milk Bones and the Dog Genome: Illinois Researchers Digging For Answers - 10/7 Genome Web 10/9/2003: $15.1 Million in Federal Grants to Study Biothreats - 10/6 University of Texas 10/9/2003: Research Unravels Fatty Nature of Hairballs - Badger Herald 10/9/2003: When Pigs Stress Out - 10/7 NY Times 10/2/2003: ARS Offers New Evaluation For Dairy - 9/26 Agriculture Law 10/2/2003: GM Fish Made Quickly: Transgenic Transplant Technique Could Aid Endangered Species - 9/29 Nature 10/2/2003: Molecule in Meat Builds up in Tumors - 9/29 Reuters 10/2/2003: Baltimore Engineer Develops Way to Target Lame Dairy Cows for Early Treatment - 10/2 The Baltimore Sun 10/2/2003: Turkey Genome Research May Help Producers Breed a Better Turkey - 10/1 EurekAlert 10/2/2003: Aggregation of Cloned Mouse Embryos Improves Survival Rate - 10/1 EurekAlert 9/25/2003: 'Walkies' Through Dog Genome - 9/25 BBC 9/25/2003: Mouse Cloned to Cure Parkinson's - 9/21 BBC 9/25/2003: Livestock Health Sensors And Wireless Data Storage in The Works - 9/23 EurekAlert 9/25/2003: Study Affirms Meat Supply Safety - 9/17 Indy Star 9/25/2003: Malaria Drug May Keep Prions in Check - 9/21 JS Online 9/18/2003: Measuring Dust on Feedlots - 9/15 ARS 9/18/2003: Making a Clean Breast of it: Researcher is Betting on Bedding as Turkey Disease Cause - Guelph Mercury 9/18/2003: Imaging System Detects Contaminants on Poultry - 9/12 ARS 9/18/2003: Scientist Says Irradiated Beef Safer Than Well-Done Beef - 9/12 MeatingPlace 9/18/2003: Poll: Consumers Dislike Altering Animals - 9/18 AP 9/11/2003: Faster Test For Mad Cow Disease Could be Used on Live Cattle - 9/8 Scripps Howard 9/11/2003: Fat Cats and Dogs Need Better Diet, Report Says - 9/8 Reuters 9/11/2003: Call For Experts on Antimicrobial Issues in Agriculture And Veterinary Use 9/11/2003: Decoding Sexual Behavior in the Animal Kingdom - 9/10 Yahoo News 9/11/2003: Britain Ready For Sheep Killer - 9/9 BBC News 9/4/2003: Signals for Better Sex - 9/1 BioMedNet News 9/4/2003: Safer Pig Feeds Without Antibiotics - 9/2 EurekAlert 9/4/2003: Chinese Researchers Confirm SARS Came From Animals - 9/4 Reuters 9/4/2003: Dietary Change May Cut Swine Odor - 9/4 University of Illinois 9/4/2003: Excite! Beverage Co. Ltd. Announces The Launch Of “Sparkling Cow” - 9/2 BevNet 9/4/2003: We're Eating More And More Cheese - 9/2 AP 9/4/2003: Cow Tissue Repairs Woman's Heart - 9/3 CBS News 9/4/2003: University of North Carolina Researchers Identify Protein Crucial to Gene Silencing - 9/2 AScribe Newswire 8/28/2003: FDA: Milk Protein New Tool to Fight Contaminated Meat - 8/25 Reuters 8/28/2003: Got Antibodies?; Cows Aren't Just For Milking Anymore. They're The Latest in Anti-Terr