Drugging Calves, Lying to FDA Nets Fine by Dan Flynn | Oct 06, 2009

In an apparent plea agreement reached prior to formal charging, an Eastern Pennsylvania cattle feed company agreed to pay $650,000 to settle federal charges that it shipped formaldehyde and other chemicals to farmers to give to calves being raised for veal, then tried to hide it from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Where did this hamburger come from? by Jill Smith | Oct 06, 2009

What's wrong with this picture?

What's more American than a hamburger? Apple pie? Baseball? Maybe. Yet hamburgers alone are an American icon at risk of becoming a symbol of the regulatory dsyfunction behind many food safety issues discussed on this website.

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Source: Food Safety News