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Senate passes sweeping food safety bill

The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food; the $1.4 billion bill, which would also place stricter standards on imported foods, passed the  Read More »

FBI watching agriculture industry for bioattack

Federal and local authorities have said that they are keeping an eye on vulnerabilities in Nebraska’s agricultural industry in their efforts to prevent a potential biological terrorist attack. The FBI is actively watching Nebraska farmland and farm operations, according to KETV.com. Omaha FBI Assistant Special Agent Jim Langenberg said that there is no immediate threat,  Read More »

Novel approach detects unknown food pathogens

Technologies for rapid detection of bacterial pathogens are crucial to maintaining a secure food supply; researchers have designed and implemented a sophisticated statistical approach that allows computers to improve their ability to detect the presence of bacterial contamination in tested samples; these formulas propel machine-learning, enabling the identification of known and unknown classes of food  Read More »

Deadly Cattle Disease Eradicated

Rinderpest becomes only the second devastating viral disease to be wiped off the face of the earth

Evaluation of a biological risk management tool on large western United States dairies.

Related Articles Evaluation of a biological risk management tool on large western United States dairies. J Dairy Sci. 2010 Sep;93(9):4096-4104 Authors: Moore DA, Leach DA, Bickett-Weddle D, Andersen K, Castillo AR, Collar CA, Higginbotham G, Peterson N, Reed B, Hartman ML Critical to changing biosecurity practices on the farm is an individual assessment of those  Read More »

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