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Universities Flunking On Food Safety

By Ronald Doering July 28, 2011

The remarkable success in controlling many foodborne diseases must be considered one of the great achievements of public health in the past century. Due largely to public health laws, food regulatory agencies and continuous improvement by the food industry, we have almost eradicated human disease and death from many foodborne diseases such as scarlet fever,

Livestock, Other livestock

Veterinarian Urges People To Protect Themselves And Their Animals Against Rabies

By NDSU Release July 28, 2011

Rabies is a fatal viral infection that kills an estimated 35,000 to 50,000 people and millions of animals around the world each year, according to NDSU Extension veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow. The most common way to get rabies is from a bite of an animal with the disease. Infection through fresh wounds or mucous membranes is

Country Crossroads

Rural Health-Care Gap Probed

By Alex Binkley July 28, 2011

Rural residents make less use of the country’s health-care system and government policy-makers don’t really understand why, says a study done for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. “An important message for health-care policy-makers is that despite universal health insurance coverage, inequities in access to care still exist between rural and urban residents,” the study

News

Food Safety Chief Defends Inspection System

By Alex Binkley July 14, 2011

Charges that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency isn’t doing an adequate job of inspecting of imported foods are wrong, according to Canada’s chief food safety officer. “The CFIA’s priority is protecting Canadians from unsafe food regardless of where the food is grown or produced,” Brian Evans said in a statement. “With the help of the

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Is The 97-Pound Weakling Of Crops

By Allan Dawson July 14, 2011

Flax is a wimp. That’s why weed and disease control and fertility are key to getting a good yield, says Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ (MAFRI) oilseeds specialist. “Flax hasn’t had the genetic improvement like canola,” she told those attending the 16th annual Crop Diagnostic School organized by MAFRI and University of

Country Crossroads

Vegetables For Healthy Eyesight

By Julie Garden-Robinson July 14, 2011

What vegetables promote healthy eyesight? You might think of carrots and their association with eye health. While carrots certainly are a colourful, healthful option linked to reducing our risk of night blindness, leafy greens more often are linked to vision protection. Among the most debilitating eye diseases are glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetic

Livestock

Saskatchewan Vet College Back In Action

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 7, 2011

Saskatoon’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine resumed equine services at its Large Animal Clinic June 29. The University of Saskatchewan-based veterinary college voluntarily suspended equine clinical services June 21 following a confirmed diagnosis of equine herpes virus, Type 1 (EHV-1) in a Saskatoonarea horse brought to the clinic June 18. That horse, which was euthanized

News

U.S. To Work Globally To Keep Imports Safe

June 30, 2011

U.S. health regulators said they would work with their counterparts worldwide to share information and better safeguard drugs and food consumed in the United States. The move represents a change in strategy for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a recognition of an increasingly complex global supply chain and tight budgets at home. “The border

Beef cattle, News

EU Clinches Deal On New Food-Labelling Rules

By Charlie Dunmore June 23, 2011

European Union negotiators reached a deal June 15 on new food-labelling rules, which aim to fight rising levels of obesity in Europe by helping consumers to make more informed purchasing decisions. Under the agreement, all food products must carry labels showing their energy, salt, sugar, protein, carbohydrate, fat and saturated fat content, EU officials with

Country Crossroads

Keep The Learning Going

By Julie Garden-Robinson June 23, 2011

Mom, what exciting things are we going to do this summer?” my seven-year-old daughter asked. “I thought we would relax and read,” I replied. I was tired from the week’s activities. “Relaxing and reading doesn’t sound very exciting,” she said. She told me all about her upcoming school activities. To mark the last week of

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Health

Universities Flunking On Food Safety

Veterinarian Urges People To Protect Themselves And Their Animals Against Rabies

Rural Health-Care Gap Probed

Food Safety Chief Defends Inspection System

Flax Is The 97-Pound Weakling Of Crops

Vegetables For Healthy Eyesight

Saskatchewan Vet College Back In Action

U.S. To Work Globally To Keep Imports Safe

EU Clinches Deal On New Food-Labelling Rules

Keep The Learning Going

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