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Start the week off right with the Monday links

Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered.

Food safety

OMB reports asks Congress to avoid sequestration – Food Safety News

With potentially massive budget cuts looming across the board, including food regulatory agencies, the White House Office of [...]

September 17th, 2012 | Category: Animal safety, Food safety, Genomics | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed

Reports: Officials watching for H3N2v mutations

With more than 160 confirmed cases of H3N2v nationwide, health officials are watching to see if the virus mutates to be transmissible from person-to-person, according to news reports.

So far, the H3N2v virus, commonly known as swine flu, only has been transmitted between sick pigs and humans, with most of the infected  being people that [...]

August 15th, 2012 | Category: Animal safety | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments are closed

Monday links: Getting up to speed for a new week

Check out Neogen ANSR’s website here and a video about ANSR here.

For a round up of mad cow news and previous blog posts, click here.

Colorado changes its cantaloupe growing practices

Colorado cantaloupe farmers are taking proactive steps to prevent outbreaks, such as the Listeria outbreak last year.

Interview with a heartworm specialist

Dr. Jennifer [...]

April 30th, 2012 | Category: Animal safety, Food safety, Life sciences | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed