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Egypt Ag minister blames Libya cows for spread of foot and mouth disease

(Bikya Masr) CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Reda Ismael said on Monday that the reason behind the viral spread of Foot and Mouth disease in many districts across Egypt was the smuggling of foreign infected cows across the border from Libya, which have been …

Egypt: Cattle might fly

(Egyptian Gazette) It’s a pity that none of the presidential hopefuls hasn’t expressed an interest in tackling the foot-and-mouth problem. Hundreds of people, including Mubarak-era politicians and obscure citizens, are scrambling to compete for the country’s top job in …

$1 Billion Price Tag For NBAF

(KCUR.org) The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will cost more than $1 billion when all is said and done, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed today during a conference in Washington, D.C. And that price tag is becoming a huge sticking point.

Foot-and-mouth disease spreads in Egypt

(The Associated Press) CAIRO — Egypt’s veterinary authorities say foot-and-mouth disease has left more than 2000 young cattle dead. Egypt’s local press on Friday quoted veterinary official Essam Abdel-Shakour as saying that 24500 livestock have been infected with the …

Talk of Food Safety Consolidation Takes Bipartisan Turn

(Food Safety News) U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, a conservative Republican from Wyoming, is starting to sound a lot like her colleague Rep. Rose DeLauro, a liberal Democrat from Connecticut — at least when it comes to fixing the nation’s fragmented food safety system. Citing a Government Accountability Office report on the issue, Rep. Lummis argued  Read More »

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