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Russia Says No To American Pigs

Russia Says No To American Pigs

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq. In February 2013, Russia banned the import of U.S. pork, due to health concerns for their people over the use of the additive ractopamine.  Ractopamine is a drug fed to pigs in… 0 Shares | | Posted in Business, Food, Food, Health, Health, Money, News, Politics & Government, World
Walmart Settles Food Poisoning Cases That Allegedly Resulted In 33 Deaths

Walmart Settles Food Poisoning Cases That Allegedly Resulted In 33 Deaths

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq. Walmart has settled 23 of the cases emanating from the 2011 listeria cantaloupe outbreak, that allegedly killed 33 people and sickened many more.  Although many related cases remain unsettled, Walmart issued a… 0 Shares | | Posted in Business, Crime, Farming, Food, Food, Health, Health, News, Nutrition
Meat Industry Gets Court To Vacate Decision In Favor of COOL Regulation

Meat Industry Gets Court To Vacate Decision In Favor of COOL Regulation

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq. The American Meat Industry (AMI) has succeeded in delivering yet another blow to consumers, by getting the U.S. Court of Appeals to vacate a recent decision in favor of the USDA’s COOL… 0 Shares | | Posted in Business, Food, Food, Health, Health, News, Politics & Government
Meat Company Exposed For Illegal Slaughter And Sale To Schools Of Downer Cattle

Meat Company Exposed For Illegal Slaughter And Sale To Schools Of Downer Cattle

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq./www.liattorney.comThe Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has exposed the Westland Meat Co., one of the nation’s leading suppliers of the school lunch program, for the illegal slaughter and sale of sick… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Food, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Money, News, Politics & Government
Food Stamp Restriction for Healthier Choices

Food Stamp Restriction for Healthier Choices

A food stamp restriction is a complicated political and moral issue.  Currently, restrictions on food stamps is being challenged, debated, and under much scrutiny.  Advocates for the poor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), libertarians, and a coalition of food… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Food, Food, Health, Health, News, Nutrition, Politics & Government, Weight Loss
The Dangers Of The Prescription Meat We Eat

The Dangers Of The Prescription Meat We Eat

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq./www.liattorney.com In the United States doctors and patients alike have long been blamed for over prescription and use of antibiotic drugs, resulting in the development of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.  In fact,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Farming, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Health, Health, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals
USDA Implements A No Growth Enhancing Drug Meat Label Program

USDA Implements A No Growth Enhancing Drug Meat Label Program

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq./www.liattorney.com In the United States, conventional livestock are given feed containing Beta Agonists for several weeks immediately preceding slaughter.  Beta Agonists are controversial feed additives/drugs, designed to rapidly increase cattle muscle mass and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Health, Health, News, Nutrition
Do You Know What “Sustainable” Really Means?

Do You Know What “Sustainable” Really Means?

OK, Define Sustainable What “sustainable” means depends on whose language you are speaking.  In normal English, sustainable means a practice that can be carried on indefinitely without destroying the systems it depends on.  For example, if you take care of… 0 Shares | | Posted in Biotechnology, Chemicals, Chemtrails, Constitution, Electropollution, Environment, Farming, Firearms, Fluoride, Food, Food, Free Speech, Gardening, GMOs, Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Liberty, Liberty, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, Money, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Parental Rights, Pharmaceuticals, Politics & Government, Science, Science & Tech, Water, Weather Control
Chinese Bird Flu, coming to a McNugget near you

Chinese Bird Flu, coming to a McNugget near you

USDA to allow imported chicken from China Bloomberg recently published a story that U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly approved several Chinese poultry plants to import chicken into the United States. The intro sentence to their story asks, “Would you willingly… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Politics & Government