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AVMA to partner in food safety alliance
AVMA to partner in food safety alliance The Executive Board approved AVMA participation in the new Alliance for Food
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Executive director of Joint Institute for Food Safety Research named
Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie is executive director of the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research
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Regulatory proposals decided
Violative drug residues are a minor food safety problem, because they involve the tissues of less than one percent of all animals slaughtered.
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Veterinarians: quiet contributors to nation's policy
Food safety, small-business tax relief, and animal well-being during air travel. The AVMA has had something to say to Congress on all these issues.
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Aquaculture committee suggests overseas involvement with OIE
Aquaculture committee suggests overseas involvement with OIE The Aquaculture and Seafood Advisory Committee…
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Seda: seeds sown for veterinarians' future
During his term, he helped usher in a new millennium, the results of the Megastudy, and the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues (NCVEI);…
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Ford appointed brigadier general of US Air Force Reserve
Dr. Richard Ford, professor of small animal internal medicine, North Carolina State University, was also promoted to brigadier general of the
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Morrison millennial swine practitioners president
Morrison millennial swine practitioners president
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Virginia-Maryland bolsters public practice programs
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine announced the hiring of three veterinarians to new positions
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Meat irradiation gets green light, approval process streamlined
Meat irradiation gets green light, approval process streamlined Late last year, the USDA-FSIS announced it was…
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AVMA backs New Markets for State Inspected Meat Act of 1999
The Executive Board approved a recommendation to support the New Markets for State Inspected Meat Act of 1999
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FDA reclassifies sheep as minor species
The FDA has amended its regulations to reclassify sheep as a minor species for all data collection purposes.
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Pork program seeks to quiet public fear, increase foreign competitiveness
A major pilot program currently under way at participating pork farms and packing plants in the Midwest would certify swine herds
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The future's bright for 2000 and beyond: Swine veterinarians, industry making strong comeback
The future's bright for 2000 and beyond: Swine veterinarians, industry making strong comeback After overcoming what's
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Vogel honored by FDA
Dr. Lyle P. Vogel, director of the Scientific Activities Division at the AVMA, received the FDA Commissioner's Special Citation in June.
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FDA rejects petition to ban rBST
In April the FDA-CVM denied a citizen's petition requesting that the agency rescind its approval of a recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) product…
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AVMA entities: continuations, consolidations, sunsets
The Association's strategic plan & the advisability of continuing several AVMA entities were considered by the Executive Board.
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FSIS reopens HACCP comment period
The USDA-FSIS has reopened the comment period on a notice
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After London summit, on to Yorkshire
Energized by the dynamics of their first meeting a year ago in Honolulu, the presidents
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Federal, industry initiatives directed at violative residues in market beef, dairy cows
Although reports of violative residues in meat and poultry are uncommon, such residues are found in certain classes of animals such as
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New resources give nuts and bolts of judicious use
Since November 1998, when the AVMA approved its principles on Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials, the Association has promoted them to help
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Workshop will guide USDA in development of genomics programs
In what some scientists called a watershed event in science, researchers working to map all the human genes announced that they had essentially
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World Veterinary Association: Making a world of difference
World Veterinary Association Making a world of difference Members and guests at a committee meeting of…
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AVMA advocates multimillion-dollar upgrade of USDA laboratories
The Executive Board added the AVMA's voice to those endorsing the USDA 10-point plan to modernize the outdated facilities.
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Activists vandalize Avian Health Laboratory
The Washington State University Avian Laboratory in Puyallup was the scene of a break-in and vandalism