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...plastic kids and husband? After one more semester locked behind these ivory towers, my transformation will be complete. I'll be shipped out with all 1,599 of my compatriots, nicely packaged in inconspicuous black robes and mortarboards with a yellow tassel signaling that we are indeed, USDA-approved, primed and ready for corruption...
Just because officials are finally facing the problem, though, doesn't mean they know how to deal with it. The New Orleans counterattack is more of a series of experimental forays than an all-out assault. In one test, the USDA will attempt to beat back the bugs in an entire 15-block section of the French Quarter by using a variety of techniques all at once. At the same time scientists will try to figure out which of the available poisons is the most effective by treating 15 New Orleans schools with different chemicals...
Sources: FDA; American Society for Microbiology; Journal of Neuroscience; Agricultural Research Service, USDA...
...Defining "organic" has proved difficult for federal authorities looking to create a uniform standard. ?Various states have different requirements on issues such as soil that had been previously fertilized,? says TIME reporter Janice Horowitz. But the USDA?s proposals to allow irradiated, genetically altered and sewage-fertilized food to take the label on the grounds that no synthetic chemicals were used in their production sparked a nationwide campaign. Today?s decision is a victory for both consumers and producers who want to establish the credibility of their products, says Horowitz. It may have left the food-irradiation industry licking...
According to Glickman, after four deaths in 1993 resulted from E. Coli bacterial poisoning in fast-food hamburgers, the USDA received the necessary public and Congressional support to push meat inspection programs which detect bacteria invisible to traditional methods...