Inspectors say meat safety is threatened (AP via Yahoo! News) Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis. [News Source]

Inspector ranks thin for keeping meat safe (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves looking at hundreds of animals at once.¶ [News Source]

Inspectors say meat safety is threatened (AP via Yahoo! News) Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis. [News Source]

Inspectors: Shortages threaten safety (Denver Post) Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down [News Source]

Inspectors, watchdogs say staff shortages threaten US meat safety (San Jose Mercury News) LOS ANGELES - Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait [News Source]

Staff Shortages Threaten Meat Safety (Time Magazine) Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once [News Source]

Inspectors say meat safety is threatened (The Charlotte Observer)

Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis. The ranks of inspectors are so thin that slaughterhouse workers often figure out when …

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Food safety an important public health issue. Some 5,000 Americans die every year and another 325,000 are hospitalized because of food-borne illnesses. Yet there has been little public objection to the reduced number of food inspections by the federal government. [News Source]

Whitewater residents don’t want Pembroke sewage. The region is not rolling out the welcome mat for biosolids from Pembroke's pollution control centre. [News Source]

Burger-free and bummed-out. Chicken, pizza and yet more chicken have replaced beef on lunch plates in school cafeterias across California in the wake of a national recall of meat from a Southern California distributor accused of animal abuse. [News Source]