Two Minnesota cows that could have ended up on a dinner plate were pulled from slaughter lines after federal inspectors discovered dangerously high levels of antibiotics in both animals.

When you sit down to eat sushi or grilled sea bass, do you stop and think about Nemo the cartoon fish and his chatty little friends? When you order Chicken McNuggets at McDonald’s, do you picture Chicken Little fretting that the sky might fall?

Man allegedly sold animals for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against William F. Nickle of North East, Md., for allegedly selling veal calves for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues in edible tissues.

On Nov. 16, 2009, Judge Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction (Decree) against Old Carolina Farm and its owner, Francis Roderick, of Ijamsville, Md.

Professional dog walkers are being asked to join what is thought to be the industry's first ever code of conduct. Brighton and Hove council said the number of dog walking businesses in the city had increased rapidly and it had set up a register of reputable walkers.

Nutritional strategies to combat salmonella in pigs are a key component in producing safer food for consumers, according to vet Catharina Berge, speaking at the Society of Feed Technologists and Home Grown Cereal Authority's conference on pigs, last week.

Finding alternative feed sources for chickens, pigs and other farm animals will significantly reduce pressure on the world's dwindling fisheries while contributing positively to climate change, according to University of British Columbia researchers.

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees in locating the warm, sugar-rich nectar or high-protein pollen produced by many flowers.

This Decision Document has been prepared to explain the regulatory decision reached under Directive 94-08 (Dir94-08), entitled "Assessment Criteria for Determining Environmental Safety of Plants with Novel Traits", its companion biology document BIO1994-11, "The Biology of Zea mays L.

This Decision Document has been prepared to explain the regulatory decision reached under Directive 94-08 (Dir94-08), entitled "Assessment Criteria for Determining Environmental Safety of Plants with Novel Traits", its companion biology document BIO1996-10, "The Biology of Glycine max (L.) Merr.