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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Federal health officials say they haven’t been able to pinpoint how a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu, the 14th case in the U.S. this year but the first that appears not to involve animal exposure.
In this opinion piece, Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, highlights provisions in the House Ag Committee's farm bill that he says are critical to protecting U.S. livestock and poultry from foreign animal diseases.
Another case of avian flu has been identified in a person in Colorado, the fourth such case associated with the H5N1 virus that has infected herds in 12 states.
Agri-Pulse is hosting a webinar on July 11 at 1 p.m. EDT that’s focused on what can be done to protect against highly pathogenic avian influenza and other zoonotic diseases that have the potential to disrupt not only our food supply but the entire agriculture economy.
USDA is re-emphasizing the importance of biosecurity on dairy farms in light of reports identifying a variety of ways the H5N1 virus can infect dairy herds and nearby poultry operations, including the movement of animals and people, and the sharing of vehicles and equipment.
The list of states reporting highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy herds has grown to a dozen with Friday's announcement by Wyoming of a detection there.
The Food and Drug Administration’s reorganization to create a unified Human Food Program has received approval from the Department of Health and Human Services and will go into effect Oct. 1.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced the second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy worker in a week, and the third this year, but the agency said the risk to the public remains low.