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China confirms foot-and-mouth disease cases

(ThePeninsula) Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Thursday that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in west China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. The ministry said eight cattle started showing signs of the disease on May 24 in a village near the regional capital of Lhasa, according to Xinhua news agency. The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Read More »

May 31, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and International
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Nestle to boost study of harmful food infections

May 30, 2013
| Filed under Agriculture
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Salmonella uses protective switch during infection

(EurekAlert) For the first time, researchers have found a particular kind of molecular switch in the food poisoning bacteria Salmonella Typhimurium under infection-like conditions. This switch, using a process called S-thiolation, appears to be used by the bacteria to respond to changes in the environment during infection and might protect it from harm, researchers report Read More »

May 28, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, Public Health, and Research
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Reports of PED in the U.S. Prompt Calls for Steped Up Biosecurity

(Farmscape) The Canadian Swine Health Board is advising Canadian pork producers to step up their focus on biosecurity in the wake of reports of possible outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in the U.S. Possible outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea, a viral disease that causes severe watery diarrhea in pigs resulting in high morbidity in sows Read More »

May 24, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Merrigan Expresses Worry About FSMA’s Impact on Agriculture | Food Safety News

May 24, 2013
| Filed under Agriculture
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