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Food safety
Know your meat: Global meat specifications becoming a reality – USDA blog
International meat standards recently got an update.
Survey of allergen advisory labeling – Food Standards Agency
The U.K.’s Food Standards Agency has started a countrywide food allergen survey.
Liow announces Malaysia’s Centre for Food Safety – MySinchew.com
Malaysia moves to improve food safety.
Critical cell in fighting E. coli infection identified – Science Daily
A new discovery could eventually make it easier to protect people from E. coli.
Animal safety
Ethos Pet Nutrition quality assurance laboratory – Candidae
Cue big smiles.
Keeping pasture-kept horses safe during drought – The Horse.com
When the rain’s away, toxin-producing weeds will play.
Hendra quarantines lifted in Ingham and Rockhampton, Queensland – TheHorse.com
Two horses and a dog that previously had been infected with Hendra virus were released from quarantine as well.
Agriculture
High rainfall at flowering increase Fusarium mycotoxin risk to highest level in 10 years – Crop Production Magazine
Mycotoxins derived from Fusarium molds include fumonisin, deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone.
World coarse grain production prospects plummet – AllAboutFeed.net
According to the report, this month’s forecast decrease is the size of Argentina’s entire corn crop last year.
Reality: Drought is ugly – Midwest Producer
About 72 percent of the U.S. is experiencing drought.
Extreme temps wreak severe damage to corn – Farm World
The drought news isn’t getting better.
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