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 groups representing animal agriculture late
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Ban Lifted on Beef Imports From Argentina, Brazil
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 of Brazil’s 27 states. But the changes
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Foot & Mouth May Taint South Korean Bottled Water
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 the highly contagious and sometimes fatal
North Korea May Need Emergency Food Supplies
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.
North Korea made the
Vaccine Sent for South Korea's FMD Outbreak
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 to assist the country with
CFIA Finds no Disease at Alberta Plant
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 such as foot and mouth.
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Groups Urge Plan Reversal for Brazilian Beef
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 relax U.S. foot-and-mouth disease restrictions with regards