Food supply chain safety

Vortex offering alternative to chlorine for purifying water
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Bush 2007 budget: Mixed message for farmers
Highlights of the food supply aspects of the proposed 2007 budget
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USDA faulted for lax implementation of mad cow disease safety regulations
The USDA has a division in charge of ensuring food supply safety; the USDA inspector general does not think they do a very good job, and the Japanese, who imposed a U.S. beef importation ban, agree, insisting on sending their own inspectors to monitor U.S. slaughterhouses
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UMass-Amherst to lead national effort on animal disease
Another academic-led effort, this time to ensure early detection and tacking of diseased animals
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Grain operation BioTerror Act record keeping requirement nears
The different elements of a comprehensive monitoring and regulating the different aspects of the food supply come into effect, step by step
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Companies offering free consultation on FDA regulation 306 compliance
Sarbanes-Oxley created a veritable compliance industry, and the 2002 Bioterrorism Act, requiring the registration of 27 different kinds of farm and home animals, is creating another compliance industry
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Bioterrorism Act mandates registration of fish and shell fish
The 2002 act also requires registration of fish and shell fish caught in the wild; now, there’s a challenge (how do you register shrimp?)
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Ohio to develop plans to protect grocery stores from bioterrorism
Ohio is developing a comprehensive plan to monitor against terrorist poisoning of grocery supplies
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JMAR expands BioSentry sales efforts to Europe
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Japan re-imposes ban on U.S. beef
Japan, again, bans importation of U.S. beef owing to mad cow fears
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USDA conducts food safety drills around country
USDA emphasizes federal-state collaboration in securing nation’s food supply, and holds drills to test new policy
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