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Cross Match Technologies approved as provider of fingerprint capture stations for HSPD-12
CrossMatch gains an important GSA approval, making its products even more appealing to government agencies which must comply with FIPS-201 by October 2006
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BIO-key and identiMetrics provide biometric solution for young children
Keeping track of small children is now easier as BIO-key and identiMetrics introduce a new solution to identify children biometrically by their fingerprints
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3M acquires British passport maker SPSL
Diversified technology giant — an also scotch tape supplier — 3M is in a deal to acquire U.K. company responsible for RFID technology in biometric passports
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Suspected mad cow disease investigated in Alberta
Authorities in Alberta, Canada, are worried that they have a cow with mad cow disease on their hands; investigations continue
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Suspected avian flu-infected Chinese poultry smuggled into U.S.
The United States does not allow Chinese poultry into the country for fear of avian flu; a Michigan warehouse owner who supplies Detroit’s 300 Chinese restaurants smuggled Chinese foul into the U.S., and the police are looking for him
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France launches food safety Web site
The French agriculture ministry launches a Web site to allow consumers of French food to keep abreast of food safety news
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DynPort in Phase II of plague vaccine
Maryland company now conducting clinical trials of a potential plague vaccine
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Ryder offer RydeSmart trucks
One way to secure the safety of ship-borne freight containers is to lock them with tamper-proof locks, monitor the inside of the container for any changes and disruptions, and use GPS to track them all the way from port of origin to port of destination; Ryder now brings the same idea to monitoring the company’s fleet of 160,000 vehicles; these measures will go some way toward improving the safety of food supplies carried on these trucks from field to store
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Concerns about food safety discussed at annual IFT expo
At the annual Institute of Food Technology meeting in Orlando, experts discuss food safety issues that are becoming more problematic, particularly the lack of food processing demand by consumers, and the danger this may pose
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Cadbury is “unreliable” when it comes to food safety
According to the U.K. Food Standards Agency, Cadbury is “unreliable” when it comes to food safety
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Construction begins on DHS’s NBACC at Ft. Detrick
In several states — Kentucky, Missouri, Massachusetts — there are heated debates about construction of level 3 BioLabs: There is a lot of money and many jobs in these projects, but citizens are worried about lethal pathogens escaping the labs; while these debates go on, the plans for building a large, multi-agency biolab in Fort Detrick, Maryland, are on schedule, and DHS has began construction of its own, $130 million component of the project
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How one candy maker complies with the FDA-mandated bioterrorism regulation
The U.S. 2002 bioterrorism law is not only about anthrax, it is also about something as benign as candy: just ask this large European candy maker can tell you (by the way this candy maker makes the popular candy Airheads)
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European Commission releases annual report on RASFF
The annual report on food safety in the European Union show that notifications of possible food risks have rose 22 percent; this may seem alarming to some, but in the EU, it seems to just show that more people are following food safety rules, and that new member states have become stricter at borders and during food inspections
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The rate of salmonella falls in first quarter of 2006
Salmonella in raw meat products has fallen in the first quarter of 2006 owing to changes in the FSIS inspection of processing plants, reporting, and product testing
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Innovative UV-based bioterror protection device
Another CCAT-supported promising solution: Novatron developed a UV-based protective system against bioterror agents; the military is already interested, and non-military markets may soon warm up to the solution
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The long view
What We’ve Learned from Survivors of the Atomic Bombs
Q&A with Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, New Vice Chair for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Combatting the Measles Threat Means Examining the Reasons for Declining Vaccination Rates
Measles was supposedly eradicated in Canada more than a quarter century ago. But today, measles is surging. The cause of this resurgence is declining vaccination rates.
Social Networks Are Not Effective at Mobilizing Vaccination Uptake
The persuasive power of social networks is immense, but not limitless. Vaccine preferences, based on the COVID experience in the United States, proved quite insensitive to persuasion, even through friendship networks.