Source: By Dennis Hoey dhoey@mainetoday.com as published in the Portland Press Herald The plan also would prevent transport of horses through Maine to plants in Canada that would turn them into food. A legislative committee will hear public testimony Tuesday on a bill to prohibit the slaughter of […]
Source: PublicNewsService.org ~Renee Blake, “It doesn’t at all mean that there’s an approval of horse slaughter.” ROSWELL, N.M. – Agents of the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a walk-through of Valley Meat Co. on Tuesday, days after the Humane Society of the United States and Front Range Equine […]
Source: By STEPHANIE STROM of the New York Times “We need to oppose this unspeakable practice with all our might,” Amid the unfolding horse-meat scandal, a New Mexico slaughterhouse has moved closer to becoming the first in the United States since 2007 to be allowed to process horses for […]
Source: YNN.com by Matt Hunter “This should be a national legislation but what we should do as the Empire State is set the standard…” GREENFIELD, N.Y. – For past racing stars like Travers winners Thunder Rumble and Will’s Way, Old Friends at Cabin Creek just might offer the […]
Source: France24.com EU on February 15 ordered 2,250 DNA tests on prepared meals Thousands of DNA tests on beef products across the European Union found the meals contained up to 5.0 percent of horsemeat, the European Commission said Tuesday. The EU on February 15 ordered 2,250 DNA tests […]
Source: By STEPHEN CASTLE of the New York Times “Eight horses slaughtered in Britain for human consumption tested positive for bute…” LONDON — After disappearing briefly from public view, the scandal over horse meat sold as beef re-emerged on Wednesday with an alert over 50,000 tons of meat […]
Source: Barry Neild of the UK’s The Guardian Supermarket withdraws 340g tins of Smart Price Corned Beef after discovery of phenylbutazone Supermarket chain Asda said on Tuesday that it was recalling its range of budget corned beef after low levels of the veterinary pain killer phenylbutazone – known […]
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Source: Paula Todd King as published in The Taos News “Horse Slaughter is the opposite of euthanasia” I know that horse lovers abound in Taos and the surrounding areas but I wonder how many people realize how close our state is to becoming the first state in the […]
Source: The Western Producer “Do ya think drug tainted Horse Meat might be included?” MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers starting Monday over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, a spokesperson for Russia’s veterinary and […]
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