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This should make everyone feel all warm and fuzzy about Canadian farmers: according to a new poll (which is nonsensical anyway) Canadian producers think governments overreact to food safety incidences and overburden them with rules to prevent the spread of diseases on their farms.

FORT MORGAN, COLO. -- Amid the cattle carcasses zipping down the disassembly line and the herd of workers wielding the sharpest of knives, there's a war going on each day at Cargill Inc.'s sprawling beef plant on the northeastern Colorado plains.

The Welsh Assembly Government has informed the Food Standards Agency that responsibility for nutrition policy in Wales will transfer to the Assembly.

Four Chinese government agencies jointly released a circular on Wednesday urging a "high voltage" crackdown take place along with more severe punishments for food safety crimes.

Responsible Iowa farmers, who take great pride in the integrity of the food they grow, have been greatly troubled by the recall of more than 500 million eggs that came from Wright County Egg Farms.  Farmers and consumers alike have been concerned by the reports of the conditions inside the facilities where the recalled eggs were produced.

Stockholm/Rome - Recycling urban wastewater and using it to grow food crops can help mitigate water scarcity problems and reduce water pollution, but the practice is not being as widely implemented as it should, according to a new FAO report.

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