Meat
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Rodney Cole Sparks fined for selling outdated meat
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A Maryland man described by supermarket employees as a "Dumpster diver" has been fined $1,000 and given two years' probation after pleading guilty to selling outdated meat at his Virginia store.
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Senate boosts funding for meat, poultry inspection
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The amendment by Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas is aimed at preventing intermittent closures of meatpacking plants across the country that would be forced by automatic spending cuts that started to take effect this month.
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Horse meat found in Ikea-bound meatballs, Czech veterinary authority says
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Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labeling scandal Monday as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in 13 countries.
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'Pink slime' makers sue ABC News for defamation
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The lawsuit filed in a South Dakota state court also names several individuals as defendants, including ABC news anchor Diane Sawyer and the Department of Agriculture microbiologist who coined the term "pink slime."
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McDonald's suspends buys from Calif. slaughterhouse
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Federal officials say nothing they have seen so far in covert video shot in a California slaughterhouse shows meat from cows that may have been sick made it into the food supply.
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Rodney Sparks charged with selling spoiled, uninspected meat
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A Frederick County man has been charged with selling meat he found in a Virginia garbage can to several stores, the Gazette reports.
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Thieves steal meat and seafood from Manassas store
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Manassas police are looking for a trio of thieves accused of stealing hundreds of dollars worth of meat and seafood from a local supermarket last week.
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Man suffers from tick-induced meat allergy
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Patrick Cloud knew immediately the tick bite he had received wasn't typical. It was extra itchy, inflamed, huge and left him with a life-threatening allergy to meat.
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Does giving antibiotics to animals hurt humans?
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Farmers say they have to feed the drugs to animals to keep them healthy and meet America's growing appetite for cheap meat. But public health advocates argue that the practice breeds antibiotic-resistant germs in animals that can cause deadly diseases in humans.
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Meat recalled after Ohio family falls sick
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Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef because a family in Ohio fell ill.
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