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23 Dec 2015, 10:04 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a movement permit to Mr. [read post]
18 Dec 2015, 9:09 am by Michael Markarian
The language also assigns additional funds to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to provide much needed oversight at ARS facilities using animals in agricultural research. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 10:03 pm by News Desk
FDA sent a letter on Nov. 24, 2015, to Rocky Mountain Veterinary Services Inc. of Shelley, ID, informing company president Kevin D. [read post]
21 Nov 2015, 12:18 pm by Nancy E. Halpern, DVM, Esq.
Lonnie King, co-chair of the task force, has held numerous leadership positions in agriculture, infectious disease and veterinary medicine, including: the dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, director of the Center for Disease Control’s new National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED), administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),dean of the Michigan State… [read post]
15 Nov 2015, 10:01 pm by Carey Gillam
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) spent more than 23 years monitoring operations inside pork processing plants inspecting hog carcasses for signs of anything that could translate to a food safety problem, in particular hints of Salmonella contamination on the processing line. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 1:49 pm by ALDF
Inside a Tyson Chicken Plant In the summer of 2015, Autumn* worked in the “live hang” department of a Tyson poultry slaughter plant located in Carthage, Texas, while documenting numerous instances of animal cruelty, food safety violations, and workplace safety hazards. [read post]
4 Oct 2015, 2:53 pm by Nancy E. Halpern, DVM, Esq.
In the September 15, 2015 publication of Livestock Market Digest, Lee Pitts described concerns about USDA’s proposal to lift a ban on beef importations from Argentina and Brazil, stating that: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services could be unleashing an even bigger disaster [than EPA’s recent debacle on the Animas River] by allowing fresh beef to be imported into this country from two countries with FMD. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Through July, people outside the federal government have met in private with the leadership of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 54 different times. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 7:52 pm by Bill Marler
The Prevalence of Salmonella in Food and Elsewhere Most Salmonella infections are caused by eating contaminated food, especially food from animal origins. [23] One study found that 87% of all confirmed cases of Salmonella were foodborne, with 10 percent from person-to-person infection and 3% caused by pets. [23] As explained in a comprehensive report issued by the USDA’s Economic Research Service: Salmonella contamination occurs in a wide range of animal and… [read post]
8 Sep 2015, 9:26 pm by Denis Stearns
The Prevalence of Salmonella in Food and Elsewhere Most Salmonella infections are caused by eating contaminated food, especially food from animal origins. [23] One study found that 87% of all confirmed cases of Salmonella were foodborne, with 10 percent from person-to-person infection and 3% caused by pets. [23] As explained in a comprehensive report issued by the USDA’s Economic Research Service: Salmonella contamination occurs in a wide range of animal and… [read post]
5 Sep 2015, 6:40 pm by Bruce Clark
The Prevalence of Salmonella in Food and Elsewhere Most Salmonella infections are caused by eating contaminated food, especially food from animal origins. [23] One study found that 87% of all confirmed cases of Salmonella were foodborne, with 10 percent from person-to-person infection and 3% caused by pets. [23] As explained in a comprehensive report issued by the USDA’s Economic Research Service: Salmonella contamination occurs in a wide range of animal and… [read post]
31 Aug 2015, 3:10 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, that they had made a determination of “nonregulated status” for the Innate potato, which is genetically engineered to resist late blight and black spot bruising. [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 1:37 pm by ALDF
Since filing the lawsuit, ALDF has obtained alarming records from investigations conducted by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), showing that the zoo is also violating the Animal Welfare Act. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 2:00 am by Anthony B. Cavender
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service licenses and enforces the USDA’s AWA regulatory program. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 9:12 am by Bill Marler
After the outbreak was detected and the plant was inspected, the ground-beef recall was expanded, and an additional 18.6 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef and beef trimmings were recalled. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 2:21 pm by ALDF
Refusing to stand idly by, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) recently petitioned the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to clarify and strengthen the regulations implementing the AWA to ensure that research facilities more fully explore and exhaust alternatives to animal research. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 7:00 pm by Drew Falkenstein
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) to investigate four multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry. [read post]
3 Jul 2015, 10:33 am by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to investigate four multi-state outbreaks of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 10:02 pm by News Desk
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. [read post]