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USDA rule strengthens enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and COOL programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a final rule allowing USDA to take action as needed, including levying civil penalties, against violators of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) and the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations. USDA amends rules of Practice to Strengthen Enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and Country of Origin Labeling Programs

Farm to Fork: healthy animals, healthy food, healthy people

Farm to Fork: Healthy Animals, Healthy Food, Healthy People - Dr. Justin Ransom, Customer-Focused Supply Chain Strategist at McDonald's; Dr. Tamika Sims, International Food Information Council Foundation; Dr. Carissa Odland, Pipestone Veterinary Services, from the 2017 World Pork Expo, June 7 - 9, 2017, Des Moines, IA, USA.

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How to make a boot rack from a pallet

There are many types of boot racks in the market, but we can build one ourselves with something available on any farm: a pallet.

New EU reference laboratory for foodborne viruses

On 16 December 2016 the Commission launched a call for applications to select and designate an EU reference laboratory in the field of foodborne viruses.

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Land altitude, slope, and coverage as risk factors for PRRS outbreaks in the USA

Does the land altitude, slope or coverage matter?

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Evaluation of biosecurity measures to prevent indirect transmission of PEDv

PEDV transmission through contaminated PPE occurs rapidly under modeled conditions. Biosecurity procedures are recommended.

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Biosecurity status and its associations with production and management characteristics in farrow-to-finish pig herds

The farms that apply more vaccines are the ones that score the best in internal biosecurity. The change towards prevention directly leads to both greater use of vaccines and better internal biosecurity, as they are the only means we know to prevent the disease.

Italy: Aujeszky’s disease eradication plan in the region of Veneto

In Italy, only the autonomous province of Bolzano is free of Aujesky’s disease.

Brazil will set the rules for compartmentalisation in pigs

The system is planned to be adopted in a year and a half at the most, and it will be voluntary.

Imports of organic products subject to new EU electronic certification system

A new system of electronic certification to better monitor imports of organic products becomes applicable tomorrow, making the EU a global leader in traceability and in the collection of reliable data on trade of these products.

EFSA publishes the 2015 European Union report on pesticide residues in food

Food consumed in the European Union continues to be largely free of pesticide residues or to contain residues that fall within legal limits.

Boehringer Ingelheim presents a new tool to assess and monitor biosecurity and management risks in pig farms

Biosecurity in pig farms plays a key role in PRRS control and some of the recommendations depend on the movement and flow of certain pathogen-carrying agents like people or objects.

FDA, USDA and CDC map out 5-year Foodborne Illness Plan

The IFSAC Strategic Plan outlines goals and objectives for the five-year time period from 2017 through 2021.

Conceptual model of pathways of exposure and risks of infection with livestock associated S. aureus

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Livestock associated MRSA – what is the appropriate level of concern?

After more than a decade there is little to suggest that LA-MRSA poses an imminent threat to public health, even in countries where prevalence is high in pigs.

Canada: New regulations for livestock Premises Identification

An effective PID database is used to plan and implement emergency responses in the case of an animal health concern, a public health emergency, or an emergency such as a natural disaster.

France: coming into force of the labelling of origin of meat and milk

The identification of the origin of meat in ready-cooked food and of milk in bottles and cartons and milk products became compulsory as of January 1st 2017.