Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 10/23/13

Claims that the government has acted "regressively" in monitoring food animal production over the last five years were put forth Tuesday in a report issued by the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future.

The CLF, which released the report as a follow-up to a 2008 Pew Commission analysis of the government's oversight of animal agriculture, said "industrial" farming is continuing to cause a myriad of problems for public health, the environment, animal welfare and rural community living – all of which could be reined in with the help of the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration.

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