CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (center) with the Department’s Lean 6 Sigma Training graduates. From left, Animal Health and Food Safety Services director Dr. Annette Jones, division analyst Kimberly McCarthy, Division…
Global Food Safety Agreement Signed by China and UC Davis
…and health,” said UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi. “We are incredibly pleased to join forces with Northwest A&F University and look forward to making discoveries and realizing solutions that…
Vacancy on Cattle Health Task Force
The California Department of Food and Agriculture Division of Animal Health and Food Safety Services is announcing a vacancy on the Cattle Health Advisory Task Force (CHATF). Food and Agricultural…
USDA and USTR Name New Members to Agricultural Trade Advisory Committees
…record numbers,” Vilsack said. “Agricultural trade plays a vital role in the health of our economy, and the new members of the committees will bring welcome new perspectives.” Congress established…
California DPR on Bee Health Inspections
Apiary inspectors learned what to look for when it comes to possible pesticide exposure in bees. Sabrina Hill has more on the training. CDPR on Bee Training Bee health and…
Governor Brown Commemorates California Pollinator Week
Pollinator species such as birds and insects are essential partners to farmers and ranchers in producing much of our food supply. Pollinators also provide significant environmental benefits that are necessary…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expands
…becomes infected. The diseased tree will decline in health until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda…
Update on Pork Industry and PEDv
…for the swine industry. Dr. Lisa Becton – Pork Checkoff director of swine health information and research – outlines the current status of this disease. The Pork Checkoff is investing…
Hong Kong Market Reopens for U.S. Beef
…restrictions to provide full access for U.S. beef and beef products. “Last year, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) granted the United States negligible risk status for BSE, further…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…total of $125 million of the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative funding toward citrus health research over the next five years. Because there are wide differences in the occurrence and…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…are susceptible hosts for both the insect and the disease. There is no cure once a tree becomes infected. The diseased tree will decline in health until it dies. HLB…
USDA Takes Steps to Stop PEDv, PDCoV
…state or federal authorities. While the PEDv does not pose a threat to human health or food safety, it is causing a tremendous hardship for American pork producers. It has…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…Service (APHIS) or State animal health officials. These viruses do not pose any risk to human health or food safety, and they are commonly detected in countries around the world….
More Water Users Receive Notices of Curtailment
…of due process, the board’s methods for calculating supply and demand, how it quantifies public trust and public health and safety needs, and how voluntary curtailment agreements already in place…