The AVMA Executive Board has submitted a resolution to the House of Delegates in recognition of World Veterinary Year in 2011. The HOD will consider Resolution 2 at its regular winter session this January in Chicago. The House Advisory Committee has recommended approval of this resolution.

As the U.S. Senate votes on a food safety bill this morning, and with the monotonous repetition of food safety rules for Thanksgiving, Lewis Black provides his own risk communication advice on The Daily Show for those who want to regulate smoking, airport screening, toys in fast-food meals, and banning circumcision.

I went to graduate school because the girl I was living with was a veterinary student who had another three years of schooling ahead, so I thought I needed a reason to hang around. That’s not a good reason to go to graduate school. I married the girl and had kids but dropped out of grad school. Distance education may have helped.

As summer heats up the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is encouraging people to be cool about food safety in the wake of a new study that shows three out of four Kiwi fridges are not running at the recommended cool temperature range of 2-4°C to keep food safe.

Steamboat Springs -- Inspection data from the past three years shows that local restaurants can have a hard time keeping things cool.

BELLEVILLE, ON -- Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that its President of Bioniche Food Safety in the U.S. presented an invited paper to the U.S. Animal Health Association (USAHA)'s Food and Feed Safety Committee meeting this weekend. Dr.

OTTAWA -– The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Atlantic Prepared Food Limited (APFL, Establishment number 514) are warning the public not to consume Ham and Cheese Sandwich described below because this may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

My buddy Larry Michael with the NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources, Food Protection Branch is quoted in an AP story as warning restaurant operators in NC to be wary of someone posing as health inspector and calling for business information.Officials say someone is calling restaurants claiming to be a health inspector or other government official with new inspection procedures.

The lame-duck Congress, according to this editorial, needs to approve two food-related measures that are badly needed to protect the nation’s health. The good news is that a version of each has already passed one chamber, and both have strong bipartisan support.