Politicians have called for funding to be maintained for meat inspections after hearing evidence on the scale of products being seized at the border.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high
Paraguay is a small, landlocked country with far bigger neighbors in Argentina and Brazil. Over time, it evolved into one of South America’s best. The USDA will allow the
Food safety is for naught if animal diseases are not kept at bay. The federal Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program is funded through the so-called Farm Bill. And 120
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it is lifting a ban on beef imports from Northern Argentina and 14
The latest outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have already cost South Korea $2.6 billion, and the latest victim could be its bottled water industry.
South Korea has been dealing with
United Nations food agencies are assessing whether to begin an emergency operation in North Korea to help millions of people at risk of hunger, according to an Agence France-Presse report.
The North American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank, administered jointly by commissioners from the United States, Canada and Mexico, is providing the Republic of Korea with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine needed
After being called in to investigate an “animal health situation” at a meat processing plant in Red Deer, Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ruled out a reportable disease
On Monday, thirty-two groups filed a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) urging both agencies to abandon plans to
