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Tainted meat fears allayed

(Gulf Daily News) BAHRAIN has nothing to fear following a health scare involving infected meat imported from Djibouti. An investigation into the allegation has been ordered by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa after reports surfaced that the cattle imported into the country was infected with foot-and-mouth disease and tuberculosis. Read More »

June 29, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Pandemic Flu Risk Raised by Lax Hog-Farm Surveillance

(Wired.com) The great lesson of the 2009 influenza pandemic was that new, deadly flu strains wouldn’t necessarily emerge from the pathogenic hotbox of an Asian animal market. They could start in the western world’s own backyard, percolating from the incubators of modern farms. Yet despite the fact that pig farms hosted, and arguably fueled, the Read More »

June 27, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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President Khama Visits Namibia

(AllAfrica.com) Windhoek — President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday said the planned relocation of De Beers Diamond Trading Company from London to Gaborone is a step in the right direction, since this will add more value in skills development and technology transfer to Southern Africa. Pohamba said this yesterday at the beginning of the three-day state visit Read More »

June 27, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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FAO and OIE Cooperate to Control Foot-And-Mouth Disease – Bloomberg

UN News CentreFAO and OIE Cooperate to Control Foot-And-Mouth DiseaseBloombergThe United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organization and the World Organisation for Animal Health, or OIE, announced a joint plan to control foot-and-mouth disease across the world.FAO and OIE join forces to tackle foot-and-mouth disease globallyExaminer.comFAO and OIE Unveil Global Strategy for Control of Foot-and-Mouth DiseaseAllAfrica.comUN Read More »

June 27, 2012
| Filed under Agriculture
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UN food agency calls for collective action to combat foot-and-mouth disease

(UN News Centre) Collective action and solid commitments to a global strategy are necessary to control foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the United Nations food agency stressed today. “Recent FMD outbreaks around the globe demonstrate that animal diseases have no boundaries, can have a devastating impact and require a global response,” the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Read More »