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Sanctuary chimps show high rates of drug-resistant staph

(EurekAlert) Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant, human-associated strains of the bacteria Staphlyococcus aureus, a pathogen that the infected chimpanzees could spread to endangered wild ape populations if they were reintroduced to their natural habitat, a new study shows. The study by veterinarians, microbiologists and ecologists was the first to apply the same modern sequencing Read More »

August 22, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Public Health, and Research
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Retailers Respond to Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak

(Food Safety News) Grocery retailers such as Wal Mart, Kroger and Valu Market are reassuring customers that none of the cantaloupes in their stores are those affected by the ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes grown at an unnamed farm in southwestern Indiana that have killed 2 people and sickened at least 141 across 20 Read More »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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‘Aging’ Plum Island Doesn’t Meet Biocontainment Standards, Report Says – Patch.com

'Aging' Plum Island Doesn't Meet Biocontainment Standards, Report SaysPatch.comThe report states that because the Plum Island facilities do not have large animal Biosafety Level 4 capacity — or the ability to contain agents that are identified as potentially life-threatening to humans and pose a high risk of transmission — that …and more »

August 20, 2012
| Filed under Agriculture
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FDA Issues Annual Food Safety Report to Congress

(Food Safety News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s annual report to Congress, released this week, offers an overview of what the agency has been up to over the past year. In FDA’s latest report, which is required by the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, one thing is immediately clear: FDA has an enormous food safety mandate. Read More »

August 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Anthrax experts say drought may be factor in recent livestock deaths in Colorado, Texas

(The Washington Post) Anthrax has killed more than 100 animals on ranches in Colorado and Texas within the past two weeks, and experts say the risk of infection may be greater with drought covering much of the United States. Anthrax outbreaks happen occasionally in livestock herds and wild animals in the U.S., usually west of Read More »