Where is the nation’s cattle herd is a question that could have traceability ramifications for food safety, or maybe more commonly for tracking dreaded animal diseases.
The USDA’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Continue Reading R-CALF would like to keep USDA from thinking about RFID traceability tags
Dear Editor,
This is in regard to the FSN publication Nov. 18, 2020: “Food and drug officials weigh in on federal Salmonella rules for poultry” by Steven Mandernach, AFDO. Here is my response that
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: A different view on new Salmonella rules
Cattlemen and ranchers have three national organizations vying for their loyalty and support, and they don’t always agree on policy.
That’s apparently going to be true for something as simple as whether the interstate movement
Continue Reading National cattlemen’s organizations split on RFID for traceability
Later this week, the ranchers who belong to that group with the long name are holding their annual convention in Deadwood, SD. One major item on their agenda is to decide whether to continue
Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: Time to put the branding irons in the museum
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking feedback on its proposed list of pests and diseases of concern that are likely to pose a high risk to U.S.
Continue Reading APHIS lists pests, diseases that pose high risk to U.S. agriculture
The first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States since 2017 does not threaten human health, according to experts.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed
Continue Reading Highly pathogenic avian flu in SC turkey flock is no threat to human health
Animal disease, not human food safety, is the purpose of traceability in the United States. It means that if there is an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease, tracing it to impacted herds might be
Continue Reading APHIS still wants USA to adopt RFID based traceability
A funny thing happened to R-CALF, the scrappy organization of mostly western cattlemen. It sued USDA on Oct. 4 over a factsheet about the electronic identification of cattle and bison found on the department’s website.
Continue Reading RFID guidance document disappears after R-CALF sued USDA
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in humans is rare, with only about 40 cases recorded since 1921, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
But FMD is a highly contagious viral disease that causes fever
Continue Reading GAO report says USDA should up its game and store more FMD vaccine
The U.S. Department of Agriculure’s partially shut down Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) is being challenged by the deadly and highly contagious Virulent Newcastle disease that’s jumped from backyard poultry to commercial flocks in
Continue Reading Virulent Newcastle disease spreads to California’s commercial flocks
Homeowners with backyard chickens have now given federal agriculture officials reason to worry. A contagious viral disease affecting
Continue Reading Virulent Newcastle Disease means backyard chicken craze needs to clean up its act
