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USDA announces unified food safety research agenda
USDA announces unified food safety research agendaAgriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced a unified food safety research agenda to improve…
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New food safety brochure available
Department of Agriculture has released a new brochure for consumers Food Safety and Food Security: What Consumers
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Fort Dodge recalls ProHeart 6, citing FDA safety concerns
Fort Dodge Animal Health voluntarily ceased production of ProHeart 6
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Interagency agreement promoting safer food supply signed
The agreement advances one of many homeland security directives to improve federal, state, and local cooperation through enhanced response
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College takes measures to create more food animal veterinarians
College takes measures to create more food animal veterinarians For some time now, there has been a growing…
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Veterinary food supply coalition formed - July 1, 2004
Posted on June 14, 2004 The AVMA has joined the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, the American Association of Small Ruminant…
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AVMA induced molting position revised; food withdrawal opposed
The practice of withholding feed from laying hens to induce molt is no longer an acceptable practice
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Board opposes APHA resolution against nontherapeutic antimicrobial use in food animals
Dr. Tennyson noted the Association's recognition that antimicrobial resistance is an important problem in human medicine.
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Murano leaves USDA post for TAMU
Elsa Murano, PhD, the U.S. undersecretary of agriculture for food safety, has resigned her post to become the vice chancellor
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Veterinarian to lead FSIS
Dr. Barbara Masters has been appointed acting administrator at the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service
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USDA-FSIS harmonizes residue-testing procedures with FDA
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is modifying its approach to testing meat carcasses for illegal new animal drug residues
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FDA-CVM posts new information on ProHeart 6 recall
On Oct. 8, the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine posted an updated list of frequently asked
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FDA warns compounders, veterinarians
FDA warns compounders, veterinarians The Food and Drug Administration has issued at least five warning letters to …
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Emerging issues regarding informed consent
The staff at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine has conducted a two-year review of consumer messages
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Salmonella in meat and poultry products declines
Salmonella in meat and poultry products declines drastically
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USDA, PAHO agree to boost, protect agriculture
Leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Pan American Health Organization signed an agreement
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AVMA petitions for compounding policy change
The AVMA has requested that the Food and Drug Administration amend its policy on drug compounding for animals
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Guidance on veterinary drugs available
The guidance aims to ensure that carcinogenicity assessments of veterinary drugs are adequate
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Washington state dairy cow nation's first case of BSE
The first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States was in a nonambulatory dairy cow slaughtered in Washington state.
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McClellan to leave FDA, Crawford to lead
President Bush announced Feb. 20 that he would nominate Mark B. McClellan, MD, to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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PetMed Express probation lifted
PetMed Express probation lifted The Florida Department of Health's Board of Pharmacy has granted a request from…
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Compliance policy guide has flaws, but also teeth
Compliance policy guide has flaws, but also teeth The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists and various…
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NIH awards $10.2 million contract to Michigan State for microbiology research unit
NIH awards $10.2 million contract to Michigan State for microbiology research unit The National Institutes of…
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USDA: Cow with BSE likely to be only infected animal in herd
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy was diagnosed in Washington state in December
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Veterinarian selected to lead Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Dr. Elizabeth A. Lautner has been appointed the new director of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center