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Food safety

House advances funding bill that bans horse slaughter, gives FDA a small boost – Food Safety News

The bill bumped up the budget for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [...]

Wet weather delays planting

With heavy rains and flooding hitting much of the Midwest, this year is shaping up to be the opposite of last year for some areas of the U.S.

Last year’s drought was the worst in years, devastating crops and forcing livestock producers to cull their herds as pastures dried up and feed prices skyrocketed. Its [...]

Another Monday links closer to summer

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Animal safety

Ask the Vet live event on botulism and horses – The Horse.com

It’s almost here! Join Neogen’s Dr. Jim Little and University of Pennsylvania assistant professor Dr. Amy Johnson at 7:50 p.m. [...]

The Monday links: Tax Day edition

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Food safety

Obama administration seeks FDA funding increase for FSMA implementation – Food Safety News

The White House’s budget includes a 20 percent increase for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help [...]

Welcome back from the weekend with the Monday links

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Food safety

Determining the “high risk foods”: Another analysis sees things differently – Leavitt Partners blog

Different reports see different risk levels for foods.

Global networks make food safer – FoodSafety.gov

A network [...]

NOAA: Spring holds little reprieve from drought

Courtesy of NOAA.

Spring has sprung.

Well, officially anyway. Although Wednesday marked the first day of spring, it was difficult to tell as much of the Northeast got slapped with a snowstorm.

Unfortunately, despite the snow, the odds of last summer’s drought continuing into spring are high, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and [...]

Spring approaches but drought still holds on

Courtesy of the U.S. Drought Monitor

As we move toward spring, speculation on the drought – and when and if relief will come – is at the forefront of discussion.

Despite recent winter storms, including one that slammed 14 states with more than six inches of snow in the last week, the drought still [...]

Settle in for the week with the Monday links

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Food safety

New country-of-origin labeling regulations: No new law – Food Safety News

U.S. officials hope to amend its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law while still complying with a World Trade Organization ruling.

For [...]

Another Monday links closer to spring

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Food safety

FDA announces final rule on administrative detention of food – Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

The rule, stemming from the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), allows the U.S. [...]

With production down, beef prices may increase

A smaller U.S. cattle herd may mean higher prices at the grocery store in the coming years.

Producers have reduced herd sizes in the past two years, largely in response to drought (read: increased feed costs), Lee Schulz, an Iowa State University extension and outreach specialist, told The Gazette.

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