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US: Horse slaughtering for food set to resume

01/07/2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given the go-ahead for a company to begin slaughtering horses for human consumption - the first to be able to do so since 2007. Bloomberg reported USDA is close to approving two additional horse-slaughter plants, and said it was required by law to issue the permit to Valley Meat Company once the company ...

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