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USDA updates turkey flock H5N1 surveillance policies following raw turkey pet food contamination
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently updated it policy for pre-slaughter surveillance of turkeys in ...
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USDA/APHIS Uses Emergency Funding to Combat Exotic Fruit Fly Outbreaks
USDA/APHIS will use $129.2 million in emergency funding to combat exotic fruit fly outbreaks, which threaten crops and trade. The funds will ...
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USDA Secures $129.2 million funds to combat exotic fruit fly
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture approved the money allocation from the Commodity Credit Corporation to APHIS to support the ...
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USDA to establish voluntary swine health improvement plan
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking public comment on its proposal to expand a pilot voluntary swine ...
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GAO tells USDA to tighten oversight of meat, poultry safety
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today calling for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ...
Indiana petting zoo cited by USDA after 78 birds die
FRANKFORT, Ind. — The United States Department of Agriculture is pushing change at a petting zoo in Frankfort after almost 80 ...
Texas Agriculture Commissioner calls horse anti-cruelty rule ‘government overreach’
A federal rule designed to "crack down on loopholes" in an anti-cruelty law protecting horses has drawn the ire of Texas ...
HPAI hits commercial turkey and egg laying facilities in Missouri
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in Missouri. According to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...
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USDA lags in updating salmonella standards, GAO report says
The Agriculture Department has since 2019 lagged in finalizing new standards for salmonella or campylobacter in meat and ...
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Collection of Avian Influenza-Impacted Wildlife in Delaware Expanded Through DNREC-USDA Wildlife Services Effort
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...
Maryland is ramping up response to an increase of sick and dead birds in the state
More wildlife technicians will become available in Maryland to dispose of dead birds that could be carrying illnesses such as ...
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City of Frankfort cited by USDA after 78 birds die at petting zoo
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released a recent inspection report of the zoo, located at 1 Adrian Marks Drive, which reveals multiple violations and the deaths of 78 birds ...