Transport Law Raises Issues for Pork Board
USDA applies animal welfare law to livestock hauled by trucks. The recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to apply the nation's...
Veterinarian Explains Maximum Residue Limits
Japan imposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) on May 29 for agricultural chemicals, antibiotics and feed additives for imported meat and meat products....
ID System Needs Better Focus
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) needs more focus and direction before livestock producers will accept it....
Identification Meeting
More than 50 speakers are on the docket for ID/INFO EXPO 2006 on Aug. 22-24 at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, MO. The event is sponsored...
PRRS Control Efforts Suffer Setbacks
Attempts to clean up porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the United States encountered some new breaks in 2006. A year ago, the Carthage...
U.S-Japan Confer Over New Food Safety Standards
A delegation from the United States, including representatives from the pork industry and the U.S. Meat Export Federation, met recently with the Japanese...
Antibiotics Remain a Top Herd Health Aid
Despite the use of conscientious health and biosecurity practices across the pork industry, pigs still get sick. That is why U.S. pork producers will...
Animal ID Setback
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) suffered a setback in May. When members of the U.S. House of Representatives passed an $18.4 billion...
Keeping Out Hog Cholera
Kansas State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory is working to keep out hog cholera ...
State Sets Policy on Antibiotics
Maine is being called the first state in the nation to adopt a state purchasing preference policy that discourages feeding antibiotics to meat-producing animals...
