Callous gang guns down flock for black-market meat as high food prices bring...
A flock of sheep have been gunned down in the countryside by a gang believed to be supplying illicit meat on the black market. The men used .24 calibre hunting rifles to kill the animals on a...
View ArticleSupreme Court overturns California slaughterhouse law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court struck down on Monday a California law that requires slaughterhouses to immediately euthanize animals that cannot walk, ruling that federal meat safety and...
View ArticleButchers to protest over meat quality
BUTCHERS across Muharraq are planning an indefinite strike from Tuesday to protest against what they claim are poor quality meat imports. It was originally supposed to commence at the Muharraq Central...
View ArticlePremium grade
Free-range and Pearl pork give consumers peace of mind. PIG FARMING has a reputation for being carried out in unsanitary conditions, and pork is often thought of as dirty and unhealthy. It doesn't...
View ArticleHorsemeat scandal boosts sales for small-scale butchers
Trade jumps by as much as 30% for those offering locally sourced, high-quality meat as shoppers shun processed food Small-scale butchers are seeing sales rise in wake of horsemeat scandal. Photograph:...
View ArticleCalifornia Food Safety Program Stresses Value of Government Oversight
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In light of the House Energy and Commerce Committee report issued yesterday on the outbreak of Listeria associated with Colorado-based Jensen Farms cantaloupe, a...
View ArticleUS farm trade frets over sequestration, meat sector worries most
* Fed budget cuts seen snarling food supply chain * Meat inspector furlough notices to be sent this wk-Ag Sec * Sequestration affect on US grain inspections minimal By Theopolis Waters and Michael...
View ArticleHow To Talk To The Butcher
Do you know the difference between a Tri-Tip and a Flatiron? We're guessing the answer is probably no, which means you should be consulting with a butcher. While talking to a butcher may seem like an...
View ArticleFarm trade frets over sequestration, meat sector worries most
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farmers and agribusiness companies are worried that across-the-board federal budget cuts will snarl the supply channels for everything from milk and broiler chickens to grain...
View ArticleLackawanna gets a new supermarket
Lackawanna -- a city virtually devoid of large grocery store options -- has a new supermarket. It's not Tops, Wegmans or Jubilee, but the Lackawanna Halal Market at Ridge Road and Steelawanna Avenue...
View ArticleNo bones about it: The butcher is back
Knife in hand, Ryan Farr surveys the fresh whole lamb carcass stretched out on the cutting board, garnet flesh wrapped in a thin coat of pearlescent fat. He cuts into the ribs with the practiced skill...
View ArticleChef plans to open Bavette, a butcher shop, cafe and market in the Third Ward
| A Milwaukee chef will open a butcher shop emphasizing locally and sustainably produced meats: Karen Bell, formerly of Cafe at the Plaza, plans to open Bavette Butcher Shop in the Historic Third...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi abattoirs gear up for Eid Al Adha
ABU DHABI -The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City announced that preparations are in full swing for the advent of the blessed Eid Al Adha through stepping up the readiness of slaughterhouses with the aim...
View ArticleReal Butcher Shop to open in Santa Fe
New Mexico Business Weekly by Steve Ginsberg, Reporter Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 1:32pm MDT Tom Delehanty and Tracey Hamilton of Socorro-based organic poultry farm Pollo Real will open Real...
View ArticleSupreme Court strikes down California law regulating ‘downer’ livestock
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that regulation of the nation’s slaughterhouses is exclusively up to the federal government and struck down a California law that required immediate...
View ArticleHorses could be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption within A MONTH
Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress lifted a five-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections. Activists warn slaughterhouses, which must be inspected to...
View ArticleHow clean is your grocery?
The odors of sewage and rancid beef envelop the farthest back room of a neighborhood market. Part of the stench stems from raw meat sitting in the grocery stores meat grinder. The packaged meat...
View ArticleSupreme Court favors federal slaughterhouse laws
California's law banning the sale of meat from livestock too feeble to walk to their deaths drew a withering response from the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Nearly every justice who spoke at the...
View ArticleButchers postone strike plans
MUHARRAQ butchers have postponed their planned strike by a week following the intervention of the Industry and Commerce Ministry. The butchers have agreed to give the ministry time to respond to their...
View ArticleButcher fired over under-the-counter deals would be sacked in any reasonable...
This is going to be a Brussels village comment, but still it can illustrate the cultural gap between the British and the Continentals that will never be bridged. In the Mail it is a report that the...
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