Food Safety and “Mad Cow Disease”
On June 2, 2014 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease (vCJD) in a patient who recently died in Texas.
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Foodborne illness outbreaks – Yelp to the Rescue!
Find out how Yelp is helping the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene find unreported foodborne illness.
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Western Food Safety Summit
A two-day summit on responsible leadership in food safety brought the most current information and research regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to the Salinas Valley agriculture community during the ninth Western Food Safety Summit.
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Expanding the Global Reach of One Health
UCDavis and Nanjing Agricultural University will work together addressing complex global issues of poverty, new and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, safe foods, a sustainable food supply, and the need for a safe and healthy environment for animals and people throughout the world.
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Water Conference Exceeds Expectations
The Western U.S. Irrigation Water Conference exceeded expectations by bringing together a dynamic group of researchers and stakeholders representing key produce production areas from the western United States across to the Midwest, Eastern Seaboard and Southern agricultural regions.
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Dairies, water-use and the drought
Of all of agriculture, dairies are the undisputed authorities on water conservation and recycling, but with California in its third year of drought what are the economic pressures faced by family dairies? Dr. Michael Payne reports on the critical situation…
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