Civil procedure - sufficiency of evidence not reviewable in absence of post-verdict judgment as a matter of law or new trial motion - Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.
Civil Procedure--Sufficiency of Evidence Not Reviewable in Absence of Post-Verdict Judgment as a Matter of Law or New Trial Motion--Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc., 546 U.S. 394 (2006) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were enacted in 1938 to "secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive...

Livestock a major threat to environment: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
November 2006, Rome. Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or driving cars? Surprise! According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in C[O.sub.2] equivalent--18%--than transport. It is also a major source...

SMC pushes P600-M dairy program.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA Food conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is contemplating on embarking on a large-scale dairy program that will involve importation of around 6,000 animals costing P600 million over three years. SMC has become interested in raising dairy animals with its numerous advantage...

Davao City adopts measures to check hog-cholera spread.
Byline: GIL M. ABARICO DAVAO CITY -- To prevent the possible spread of hog cholera in this city, the city government has intensified efforts to check the swine disease here. Officials, meanhile, advised the public to consume meat inspected by the National Meat Inspection Service...

E. coli outbreak prompts warning.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Public health officials warned consumers Thursday to check their freezers for a brand of extra-lean ground beef connected to at least eight cases of E. coli O157 in Oregon and Washington. The beef in question was sold under the Northwest...

Hog industry growing this year -- DA.
Byline: MARVYN N. BENANING The Department of Agriculture (DA) sees the hog industry growing by 3.5 percent this year, with exports to Singapore, the Americas, Russia, Japan, and other Asian countries rising. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said aside from frozen meat, eight other processed meat...

Filipino meat processor sets sight on international market; Armed with HACCP food safety seal.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA A Filipino meat processing company is eyeing the international market having gotten hold of global food safety seal Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Initially aiming first to satisfy the local market, the Mekeni Food Corp. (MFC) also has visions of...

RP clinches P711-M agri products HK deal.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Philippines has clinched a P711 million contract to supply fresh and processed agricultural products to Hong Kong through 10 Filipino companies. Through the Department of Agriculture's (DA) participation in the Hofex 2007 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre...

Area food banks pull suspect cans.
Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard Food banks in Lane County and elsewhere got shipments of canned meat products that are now being recalled because of botulism, officials said Wednesday. The food was distributed under the USDA's commodities program, before the nationwide recall was launched July 18. ...

142-yr-old Cargill reinvents itself under a new CEO.
Byline: PETER BOHAN WAYZATA, Minn., June 3 (Reuters) -- For students of Cargill Inc., the world's most powerful agribusiness and commodity trading group, the change in leadership now taking place might seem like business as usual. But there's not much that's "usual" about Cargill, a...