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Over an 11-day period in mid-April, Ford County, Kansas, where both National Beef and Cargill operate plants in Dodge City, went from 16 coronavirus cases to 288 diagnosed cases and Seward County, Kansas, which has a National Beef plant in Liberal, went from six cases to 125. [92]
The number of BSE cases reported following slaughterhouse testing has been minimal over the past 5 years, in line with the natural prevalence of the disease: 2 cases in 2006, i.e. 0.0008 cases per thousand cattle slaughtered; 3 cases in 2007 (0.0013 %0); 1 case in 2008 (0.0004 %0) and 2 cases in 2009 (0.0013 %0), with testing alone costing the ...
Meat consumption typically increases as people and countries get richer. [13] Trends also vary among livestock sectors. For example, global pork consumption per capita has increased recently (almost entirely due to changes in consumption within China), while global consumption per capita of ruminant meats has been declining. [11]
This significant decline in cattle, driven by years of severe drought damaging grazing lands, has resulted in higher beef prices domestically. Consumers can already feel the impact.
Plant-based foods are better for the planet, too—in fact, reducing beef consumption slashes methane and carbon dioxide production, two main causes of a warming planet (which leads to climate ...
Joining norovirus on a list nobody would want to be a part of is hepatitis A, which ranked second as the most viral. According to the report, it causes 14 million cases of foodborne illness a year ...
The greatest number of reported cases have occurred in Texas (384 reported cases), New Mexico (98), Illinois (100), and Arizona (49). [67] There have been at least 203 reported hospitalizations linked to the outbreak, it has caused at least one death, and it may have been a contributing factor in at least one additional death. [68]
According to the National Restaurant Association, beef prices have risen almost 20% since August 2007 and are poised to go up another 5% to 8% over the next year. Part of this inflation is due ...