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U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News August 25, 2015

Reuters — A food safety advocacy group sued an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying it illegally withheld public information on genetically engineered crops. The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) against USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), claims the regulator has routinely failed to respond

Livestock

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter August 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation’s veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Livestock, Markets

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 7, 2015

U.S. animal health officials have closed the books for now on avian influenza infections in 10 states, with five others remaining. In its latest report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last week, the U.S. federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said all control areas for avian flu have been released

Crops

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, followed demands by

Crops, Markets

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News June 22, 2015

Reuters — Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a “failure.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a public comment period that expired

These golden nematode cysts, shown here on potato roots, are about a third to half a millimetre in diameter. (Xiaohong Wang photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 22, 2015

Canadian and U.S. food inspectors have agreed on what they mean by a “field” in any restrictions they place on potato trade on account of potato cyst nematodes. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Tuesday announced new revisions to their Guidelines on Surveillance and Phytosanitary

Livestock, Markets

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 11, 2015

Reuters — A strain of avian flu that until now had been found only in the western U.S. has cropped up in Indiana, bringing the total number of states affected by the virulent outbreak to 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The eastward spread of any strain of the highly contagious H5 virus

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 8, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Friday the U.S. is likely to approve imports of Brazilian fresh beef this year, after President Dilma Rousseff visits Washington in June. Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, is already a steady exporter of cooked beef that appears in items such as canned corned beef

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state. Within two months, scientists at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research lab in Georgia will test the vaccine on chickens to see how well

Crops, Markets

New conditions placed on P.E.I. potato exports to U.S.

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 29, 2015

Potato wart’s appearance in another Prince Edward Island potato field in August has led to a new round of rules for the province’s potato exports to the U.S. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Monday announced new requirements effective “immediately” for such exports, citing the detection of potato wart in 23 fields in the

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Daily Network News

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Tag Archives Aphis — page 4

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

New conditions placed on P.E.I. potato exports to U.S.

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