USDA Formally Moves to Prevent All Non-Ambulatory Cattle From Human Food Supply
In an anticipated move, USDA announced on August 29 a formal ban from the human food supply the slaughter of cattle that become non-ambulatory.More...
Back in July, NMPF (in a joint effort with DMI and AABP) released an animal handling guidelines poster for the dairy industry relating to the non-ambulatory cattle issue.
NMPF is a farm commodity organization representing most of the dairy marketing cooperatives serving this nation. NMPF members market the majority of the milk produced in the U.S., making the NMPF the principal voice on national issues for dairy cooperatives and their dairy farmer members.
Information on this year's 2008 Annual Meeting has been sent out to NMPF members and is available on NMPF's Annual Meeting webpage. Registration forms may be completed by sending in a paper form or registering online (both are accessible from the Annual Meeting webpage). Sign up today!
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