NSAC Archives for the 'CAFOs' Category
Senator Feinstein Sponsors Bill to Restrict Antibiotic Use in Livestock Industry
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
On Friday June 17, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), S. 1211, which aims to reduce the use of antibiotics in the livestock industry. If the bill becomes law, it would: Phase out the non-therapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in the livestock industry; Require new applications Read the Rest…
Pfizer Suspends Use of Poultry Arsenic Drug
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration announced on June 8 that a major drug company voluntarily agreed to suspend US sales of an arsenical drug used in poultry production. This step follows an FDA study that found higher levels of arsenic in the livers of chickens treated with 3-Nitro (Roxarsone) than in untreated chickens. Pfizer Inc. Read the Rest…
Lawsuit to Restrict Antibiotic Use in Industrial Animal Production
Friday, May 27th, 2011
On Wednesday, May 25, NSAC members the Food Animal Concerns Trust and the Union of Concerned Scientists joined the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Public Citizen in a lawsuit to compel the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to respond to citizen petitions requesting that FDA take Read the Rest…
House Hearing on the State of the Poultry Industry
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
On Wednesday, April 13, the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry of the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the State of the Poultry Industry. The three witnesses included a Virginia poultry grower representing the Virginia Poultry Federation, the chairman of an Iowa turkey processing company testifying on behalf the National Turkey Federation, and Read the Rest…
CAFO Litigation Update
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Michigan Court Rules State Can Require CAFO Permits Before a Spill On Tuesday, March 29, the Michigan Court of Appeals in the case Michigan Farm Bureau v. Department of Environmental Quality upheld Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Rule 2196. That Rule requires a CAFO to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit Read the Rest…
Court Rules Clean Water Act Permits Not Required for CAFOs Likely to Pollute
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
On Tuesday, March 15, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in the lawsuit National Pork Producers Council v. EPA, in which livestock and poultry trade associations challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2008 Clean Water Act regulation for Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). The plaintiffs included the National Pork Producers Council, Read the Rest…
EIP Analyzes EPA Data on CAFO Emissions
Friday, March 11th, 2011
The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) released a report in March 2011 analyzing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data on Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) emissions. The two year air monitoring survey was jointly sponsored by the EPA and the livestock industry. Results of the survey indicate that air quality near CAFOs may be unsafe for workers Read the Rest…
UCS Releases Report on Climate Impact of Pasture Beef
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released “Raising the Steaks: Global Warming and Pasture-Raised Beef Production in the U.S.,” a report on reducing the climate impact of the U.S. beef industry. The UCS report focuses on pastured beef and makes recommendations for reducing the overall climate impact of pastured animals, first by reducing emissions Read the Rest…
EPA Publishes FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
Friday, October 8th, 2010
On Thursday, October 7, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a 5-year strategic plan outlining strategies for advancing its mission and priorities. The plan presents 5 strategic goals that will dictate EPA’s actions over the next 5 years. The strategic goals are: Taking action on climate change and improving air quality Protecting America’s waters Cleaning Read the Rest…
EPA and Agriculture in the Spotlight
Friday, September 24th, 2010
EPA and agriculture issues are in the spotlight this week and next week, with a Senate oversight hearing and the first meeting of the EPA Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Committee appointed by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. On Thursday, September 23, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing to examine the impact of Environmental Protection Read the Rest…
