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Biosecurity threat to local waters

(NorthernAdvocate) The Northland Regional Council hopes it can hold back the tide of an invader being carried into Whangarei Harbour on boats. Marine services heads fear a local presence of Mediterranean fan worm will jeopardise the industry, the local economy and the ecology. The fan worm (Sabella spallanzanii), listed among the worst 10 marine pests Read More »

March 8, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Biosafety
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India Completes High-Security Biodefense Lab

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) India on Tuesday announced the completion of its first Biosafety Level 4 laboratory, which could conduct research involving lethal disease agents that could pose a bioterrorism threat. Biosafety Level 4 laboratories are authorized to work with materials that cause the world’s most dangerous diseases, including those for which there is no known cure.

March 8, 2013
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, Biotechnology, and Policy & Initiatives
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Rep. Markey Introduces SAFE Seafood Act to Combat Fish Fraud

U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA.) on Wednesday re-introduced a new, bipartisan version of a previously-introduced bill to combat widespread seafood fraud “that cheats fishermen and consumers, while posing health risks to pregnant mothers and others,” according to Markey. The bill comes on the heels of recent studies that found, on average, 33 percent of the Read More »

March 8, 2013
| Filed under Biosafety
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Biosecurity threat to local waters – Northern Advocate

Biosecurity threat to local watersNorthern AdvocateBiosecurity officials are working to get this launch Port Nikau, hauled out of the water so a marine pest can be cleaned off its hull. John Stone. The Northland Regional Council hopes it can hold back the tide of an invader being carried into Whangarei …and more »

March 7, 2013
| Filed under Biosafety
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When good food goes bad

(EurekAlert) The Center for Biosecurity of UPMC today released online ahead of print a new report, When Good Food Goes Bad: Strengthening the US Response to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks. The authors analyzed existing data and studies on foodborne illness outbreak response, identified emerging trends, and interviewed dozens of federal and state-level officials and experts from Read More »