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Food Safety Bill Hits Trouble

Senator and House leaders expect to spend the weekend looking for a way around a technical snafu that could scuttle a broadly supported food-safety bill over two years in the making. But it may not matter, as some representatives from agricultural states may vote against it because of an amendment they fear will hurt the  Read More »

Bioweapons Pact Members to Discuss Attack Response

Signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention are set to meet next week in Geneva, Switzerland, for an annual meeting expected to focus on providing aid and coordinating with outside agencies in the event of a biological weapons incident, according to a United Nations press release (see GSN, Nov. 29). During the five-day gathering, BWC member  Read More »

Security, Health Officials Said to Collaborate Now More Than Ever Before

WASHINGTON — Two international measures designed to boost each country’s preparedness against manmade or natural disease outbreaks have also succeeded in bringing law enforcement and public health officials closer together to combat such threats, a panel of experts said last week (see GSN, Oct. 8). (Nov. 29) – Two U.S. diplomats, left, attend a Biological  Read More »

Risk Management in Agriculture: What Role for Governments?

(OECD) Agricultural risk management policies should focus on catastrophic risks, according to this overview. Managing normal risk should be the preserve of farmers themselves, not of government policy.

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