Most everyone agrees that it would be good for the livestock industry if the government allowed state-inspected meat plants to sell meat anywhere in the United States. Long-standing regulations ...

Is it better to have meat inspections conducted by a state agency or a federal agency? What do you think? Some New Mexicans who understand the economics of cattle growing and meat processing want to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the wake of several high-profile food recalls, the White House on Monday proposed two new user fees that would provide $96 million to help pay for additional meat inspections ...

The commercial slaughter of equine animals for human consumption ended in the United States 16 years ago. But the subject of horse slaughter still makes the annual legislative agenda in the nation’s ...

Oregon’s State Inspection Program meets the same regulatory safeguards that USDA requires. Before the Oregon State Inspection Program was officially sanctioned by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection ...

WASHINGTON — The first major changes to food inspection in a decade will increase federal scrutiny of meat and poultry plants where the danger from E. coli and other germs is high or where past visits ...

WASHINGTON – An animal protection group has asked a federal court to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from providing horse meat inspections for a fee in March while the group’s lawsuit is ...