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OIE: Foot and Mouth Disease Reported in East China

(The Pig Site) Laboratory tests carried out at the Lanzhou Veterinary Institute have confirmed a foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the Dalian region. On November 24 a pig farm in Puwan New District in Dalian was confirmed as having FMD. Currently the source of origin of the infectionn is not known. So far Read More »

November 28, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and International
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Canada Adopts New Federal Food Safety Law

(Food Safety News) Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has won the unanimous consent of the House of Commons for Canada’s new federal food safety law. With its earlier passage by the Senate, that means the Safe Food for Canadians Act, Bill S-11, now becomes law with the routine “Royal Assent.” Unanimous votes among the 308 Read More »

November 27, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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Third-Party Audits – Their Crucial Role in Moving Forward With FSMA and Food Safety

By Dr. David W. K. AchesonI recently had the honor of speaking at the 2012 Safe Quality Food International Conference in Cincinnati on the topic of the crucial role of third-party audits in moving forward with FSMA and food safety. In the talk, I spent time looking at what is working well with third-party audit Read More »

November 27, 2012
| Filed under Agriculture
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No risk from composting infected chickens

(ABC News) Biosecurity officials say there is no risk stemming from composting tens of thousands of chickens culled after a bird flu outbreak in the Hunter Valley. 50,000 hens have been destroyed after the H-7 strain of Avian Influenza was detected in hens on a farm near Maitland last week. The animals will be composted Read More »

November 21, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agriculture, International, and Research
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No risk from composting infected chickens – ABC Online

No risk from composting infected chickensABC OnlineBiosecurity officials say there is no risk stemming from composting tens of thousands of chickens culled after a bird flu outbreak in the Hunter Valley. 50,000 hens have been destroyed after the H-7 strain of Avian Influenza was detected in hens on a …