Browse By Region
Browse By Category
Recent News
By Category: Agriculture
Beefing up your biosecurity to beat back bovine viral diarrhoea – FarmersWeekly
Beefing up your biosecurity to beat back bovine viral diarrhoeaFarmersWeeklyThe eradication of rinderpest from the world last year is an example of what is possible with determination and cooperation. Various factors influence the practicalities of eliminating a disease and bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is recognised as being …
- August 31, 2012
- | Filed under Agriculture
Beefing up your biosecurity to beat back bovine viral diarrhoea – FarmersWeekly
Beefing up your biosecurity to beat back bovine viral diarrhoeaFarmersWeeklyThe eradication of rinderpest from the world last year is an example of what is possible with determination and cooperation. Various factors influence the practicalities of eliminating a disease and bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is recognised as being …
- August 31, 2012
- | Filed under Agriculture
Cantaloupe-Caused Salmonella Outbreak Not Over Yet
The Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupes is continuing to grow.The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Thursday added 26 confirmed cases in 12 states to the outbreak, which brings the total sickened to 204 from 22 states.Since the last CDC update on Aug. 23, Florida joined the outbreak with Read More »
- August 30, 2012
- | Filed under Agriculture
Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Nationwide Mango Recall; 103 Ill in 16 States
(Food Safety News) A major California-based produce company Wednesday recalled mangoes imported from Mexico and distributed nationwide as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 103 people are ill in 16 states from Salmonella Braenderup. While federal and public health officials try to pinpoint the exact cause of the outbreak, Burlingham, California-based Splendid Read More »
- August 30, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
Salmonella Strain Linked to Multistate Outbreak Found at Cantaloupe Farm
(Food Safety News) The strain of Salmonella that has now sickened 178 people in 21 states has been found on samples of cantaloupes from the southwestern Indiana farm previously suspected to be the source of the bacteria, confirming the link between the grower and the ongoing outbreak. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Read More »
- August 29, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health