Trump: So Obama thinks he can clean cows and they'll taste Better? REPEAL!The Hill
December 18 at 6:15pm ·
The Trump Department of Agriculture is rolling back Obama-era rules for how animals must be treated in order for their meat to be sold as “certified organic,” including requiring that the animals are kept clean, dry, and free of lesions.
Trump admin repeals Obama welfare rules for animals certified as ‘organic'
The Center for Food Safety slammed the decision.
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Federal officials on Tuesday ended a moratorium imposed three years ago on funding research that alters germs to make them more lethal.
Such work can now proceed, said Dr. Francis S. Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, but only if a scientific panel decides that the benefits justify the risks.
Critics say these researchers risk creating a monster germ that could escape the lab and seed a pandemic.