Pop quiz, USDA style The USDA has announced plans to begin random tests for melamine in kids’ foods, particularly those that contain meat and dairy products, throughout the US, to begin in two weeks and last for 12 weeks. (Hat tip to Civil Eater and aspiring farmer Naomi Starkman)
Yes, we can Over at Grist,Tom Philpott dares to wonder if the Obama Administration will step up to regulating GMOs, siting this damning Australian study (PDF) that found serious reproductive effects in mice that consumed GMO corn, which, as Tom points out, was largely ignored by the mainstream media.
Bush admin to deregulate farmworker hiring, cut wages In a middle-of-the-night bit of lawmaking, the Bush administration has made some major changes to the H-2A guest farmworker program, making it easier for employers to bring in foreign labor and lowering wage requirements. Worker advocates, including the UFW, are staunchly opposed to the legislation.
Smithfield gets organized Workers at Smithfields’ Tar Heel plant have voted to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. According to this Forbes piece, North Carolina is was the least unionized state in the US, and the Tar Heel facility is the largest pork-processing facility in the world, employing some 5,000 workers.
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