Animal Agriculture : Selected Issues in the 108th Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief.

Forage.

Meat.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (35 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.

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text file

PDF

Summary:

Provides an overview of animal agriculture industry, and reviews various issues of importance during the 108th Congress. Discusses industry economic situation and structure; efforts to ban packer ownership of livestock; mandatory price reporting; country-of-origin labeling; disaster aid and economic assistance; commodity promotion (check-off) programs; meat and poultry disputes with Russia, Mexico, the EU, and Japan; status of trade agreement negotiations; environmental issues; food safety; antibiotics in animal feed; "mad cow" disease; animal identification and meat traceability; and humane treatment of farm animals.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Animal Agriculture

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