Poultry Processing Plant Receives Maryland’s Highest Ever Fine for Occupational Safety & Health Violations

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Wow:  The state of Maryland has issued its highest ever occupational safety and health fine, to a poultry plant run by Allen Family Foods: $1.03 million.  I wanted to blog about it both because I think it is important that those working on food systems and public health issues keep in mind not only the [...]

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CLF provides House testimony on Maryland Bill 953 to ban arsenic from poultry feed

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Dr. Keeve Nachman, Director of the Farming for the Future Program at the Center for a Livable Future gave invited testimony to the Maryland House of Delegates on Friday, March 5 on the public health risks of arsenic in poultry feed. Delegate Tom Hucker (D-Montgomery Co) introduced the bill, which also received supportive testimony from [...]

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