Thursday December 11th 2008, 6:00 pm
Irish authorities had no choice but to act as they did at the outset of the pork contamination crisis. Their rapid reactions have contained a disaster.
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Recall cured pork fears.
Bovine TB testing.
Thursday December 11th 2008, 6:00 pm
North Dakota ranchers are waiting to find out if a cattle herd has been hit by Bovine Tuberculosis.
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‘There is no cholera in Zimbabwe:’ Robert Mugabe’s extraordinary claim as South Africa declares border area a disaster zone.
Thursday December 11th 2008, 6:00 pm
In a televised speech, Mr. Mugabe claimed Western governments, including Britain, France and America, were using cholera as an excuse to attempt to topple him.
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Religious ’shun nanotechnology.’
Thursday December 11th 2008, 6:00 pm
Attitudes to nanotechnology may be determined by religious and cultural beliefs, suggest researchers writing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
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USDA audit finds no systemic cow abuse like that at former Chino meat plant.
Thursday December 11th 2008, 6:00 pm
Humane Society officials Wednesday blasted the findings of a federal audit released this week.
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DNA tracker can make your food safer.
Thursday December 11th 2008, 6:00 pm
A DNA traceability program is being designed to easily spot diseases in New Brunswick's salmon products, so that producers can speed up recalls in an emergency.
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B.C. lab to provide quick, secure testing for animal diseases such as avian flu (Times & Transcript)
Thursday December 11th 2008, 3:07 pm
The doors will open early next year on a new lab that can test for diseases such as avian flu, mad cow disease and West Nile virus.
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B.C. lab to provide quick, secure testing for animal diseases such as avian flu (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Thursday December 11th 2008, 2:16 pm
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A new lab that will provide quick and secure testing for diseases such as avian flu, mad cow disease and West Nile virus will soon open in B.C.
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B.C. lab to provide quick, secure testing for animal diseases such as avian flu (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Thursday December 11th 2008, 2:15 pm
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A new lab that will provide quick and secure testing for diseases such as avian flu, mad cow disease and West Nile virus will soon open in B.C.
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