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By Region: South America

First International VBC Conference: Video Available

The First Virtual Biosecurity Center international conference, 1 September 2011, can be accessed here. This conference explored the role of web-based networks in promoting global biosecurity, and provided an opportunity for experts from around the world to identify best practices and partnerships, and determine the feasibility of linking existing networks for global communication.

UAE bans import of live animals with cloven hooves

(Khaleej Times) DUBAI — The UAE has banned import of all types of live animals with cloven hooves and its meat, products and offal from the Republic of Paraguay following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and …

Paraguay battles foot-and-mouth

(BBC News) Paraguay has begun the slaughter of around 1000 cattle in an attempt to eradicate an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soldiers have been destroying the animals with rifles and burying them in deep trenches. The outbreak has caused concern throughout …

Brazil Approves Biotech Dry Beans

(Truth about Trade & Technology) Brazil is the world's second largest producer of biotech crops and the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety has just approved a biotech dry bean for human consumption that is resistant to golden mosaic virus. …

Brazil, Argentina Block Paraguayan Beef on Foot and Mouth

(Bloomberg) Brazil and Argentina suspended beef imports from landlocked Paraguay, the world's seventh-largest shipper, after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in the neighboring …

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