DuPont has approval for a probiotic health claim in Switzerland US-based agriculture and nutrition technology company DuPont has won approval for a probiotic health claim in Switzerland, saying it is the first ingredient company to ...
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The University of Melbourne, together with Regional Development Victoria, has opened a new upgraded Dookie Robotic Dairy facility. The new facility features robotic milking capabilites, milking shed as well as feeding systems with a ...
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The UK Government has blocked the European Union (EU) proposals compelling retailers to introduce labels on meat informing whether prior to slaughtering, the animal had been stunned. In June 2010, the European parliament approved the ...
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The issue of food safety has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years but despite huge improvements, some concerns and problems still persist. Fears about our food are moving away from issues about ensuring an adequate supply and ...
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Introduction FDA (FDA) under the United States Department of Health Education and Welfare, is responsible for the drugs, food, biological products, cosmetics, veterinary drugs, ...
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Recent equine rabies cases should serve as reminders that the disease is a real threat to the lives of horses, and that the disease can surface at any time. While the total number of equine cases is still being tallied for 2013, the number ...
Time to Ride, an American Horse Council initiative, has introduced a grass-roots effort designed to engage 100,000 new people with horses in a 100-day period. The "100 Day Horse Challenge" is a nationwide campaign designed to expose new ...
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The National Pork Board has announced additional funds earmarked for research in the fight against the further spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), which was first identified in the United States last May. The funds – ...
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Even the best medicine has side effects. For years, dairy producers have been selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production. New insights have confirmed, though, that such efforts to satisfy society's demand for milk, cheese ...
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FDA proposed format nutrition labels The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to update the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect the latest scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed certain changes to Nutrition Fact labels on food packages, to highlight key parts of the label such as calories and serving sizes. The agency stated that the revisions reflect the ...
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Ottawa,ON–A positive case of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea(PED)has been confirmed in Canada.PED was diagnosed in the US in May 2013,and has since spread to 23 states.Canadian pork industry stakeholders have worked together to develop ...
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Horses face high risks of developing eye problems, and Cornell University clinicians have recently developed a new way to detect and diagnose them more safely and quickly than before. Published online in January 2014 in the journal ...
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Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (ISU VDL) is offering PEDV S1 (first 2.2 kb portion of the spike gene) sequencing to the clientele to help determine the genetic relatedness and molecular epidemiology of PEDV in US ...
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Elsevier, world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of open access journal, Pathogenesis. Pathogenesis will be published on behalf of The Royal College of ...
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