FDA proposes strict new safety rules for animal food
Food produced for domestic pets and other animals will have to follow strict new standards under a proposed rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration.
Novel Method Makes FMD Vaccine Production Safer
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines can be produced safely using a new patent-pending technology developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists reports the United States Animal Health Association.
Disease: The Next Big One
Sixty percent of human infectious diseases, including the worst of the old ones and the scariest of the new are zoonotic. What are the public health issues to be faced as we prepare for the next global pandemic? What role are disease ecologists playing in the efforts to limit the scope of coming pandemics?
Record-high Antibiotic Sales for Meat and Poultry Production
The Pew Charitable Trusts reports record-high numbers of antibiotics sold for use in meat and poultry. Could the practice of treating healthy animals with the same antibiotics used to treat sick people be contributing to the emergence of drug-resistant superbugs?
Animal waste, water quality and human health
Rob Atwill and Xunde Li, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and numerous international scientists, have published a book which is a detailed compilation of scientific information regarding leading waterborne zoonoses from livestock populations, practical intervention strategies to mitigate these risks, human exposure and microbial risk assessment, along with information on regulating water quality using bacterial indicators.
Antibiotic /Antimicrobial Resistance
According to a report released by the CDC the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections is increasing in the United States. More than two million people in the U.S. get drug-resistant infections annually and about 23,000 die from these diseases that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
Food Giant Sysco Under USDA Investigation
Sysco Corporation is now under investigation by the USDA’s Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit, according to spokesman Richard McIntire.
The USDA would not specify when the department began looking into the food distributor…
Michele Jay-Russell’s Interview with Food Safety News
Food Safety News spoke with veterinarian, Dr. Michele Jay-Russell, at the 2013 conference for the International Association of Food Protection.
Better Safe than Sorry – A Focus on Food Safety
View this informative PBS documentary on food safety and food sensory research being conducted at UC Davis.