I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
First-term Senator Tom Udall introduced a bill that is designed to give more authority to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill would allow the USDA to initiate mandatory recalls of tainted meat.
Currently, the USDA cannot call for a mandatory recall for meat this is tainted, but instead must convince meatpackers themselves to call for a recall.
“When the USDA cannot get tainted meat off the market swiftly, all our consumers are at risk,” said Udall. “This legislation will give USDA the authority to act quickly and decisively to protect the public.”
Udall cited the fact that 5,000 people die each year from food-borne illnesses and 325,000 people need to be hospitalized each year from food-borne illnesses.
