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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 12:14pm

    There is a reason Louis Pasteur is famous. His experiments proved that microorganisms like bacteria can cause disease, and he developed a process - pasteurization - that stops or slows the growth of bacteria in beverages such as wine, beer and milk.

    Date Published: 
    15.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 12:13pm

    Cate Dewey, a professor of swine health management and epidemiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, chair of the department of population medicine at the University of Guelph and a member of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, writes that given the recent hysteria about pork and pigs, it amazes me that Canadians eat at all.

    Date Published: 
    15.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 12:12pm

    HANOI -- Another Mekong Delta province Vinh Long of Vietnam was confirmed of being hit by the bird flu, said a report of the Vietnam's Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development today. The bird flu broke out on a local farm on Wednesday, killing 250 out of a flock of 1,100 ducks, said the report.

    Date Published: 
    15.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 12:11pm

    The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic has raised many questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. One potential route is through veterinarians, who, according to a new report by University of Iowa College of Public Health researchers, are at markedly increased risk of infection with zoonotic pathogens -- the viruses and bacteria that can infect both animals and humans.

    Date Published: 
    15.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 12:09pm

    A change to Food Standards Agency (FSA) advice will mean healthy animals from farms with cases of botulism in sheep or goats can enter the food chain. Animals with botulism will still be withheld. This amendment means the approach to botulism in sheep and goats will now be the same as botulism in cattle.

    Date Published: 
    14.may.09
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    Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 8:35am

    The frozen pot pies that sickened an estimated 15,000 people with salmonella in 2007 left federal inspectors mystified. At first they suspected the turkey. Then they considered the peas, carrots and potatoes.

    Date Published: 
    15.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 8:33am

    WASHINGTON -- Food safety efforts are accelerating across many fronts after repeated finds of tainted California crops. The Obama administration wants to add hundreds of new inspectors. Some lawmakers want to shift food safety responsibilities among different agencies. And soon, California lettuce and spinach producers could extend their self-imposed safety standards nationwide.

    Date Published: 
    14.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 8:31am

    Bird flu may not have become the threat to humans that some predicted because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, say UK researchers. Tests in a laboratory recreation of the environment in the nose found that at 32 degrees Celsius, avian flu viruses lose function and cannot spread.

    Date Published: 
    14.may.09
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  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 8:30am

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Farm groups from the world's top wheat-exporting nations on Thursday said they had reached an agreement to support a "synchronized" commercialization of biotech traits in wheat.

    Date Published: 
    14.may.09
  • Posted: May 15th, 2009 - 8:28am

    Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection in US women of childbearing age, and is common in pregnant women. BV occurs when the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and replaced by an overgrowth of certain bacteria.

    Date Published: 
    14.may.09
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