FMD Outbreaks Persist in South Korea Despite Wishful Thinking by Ag Secretary and OIE
December 15, 2014 Billings, Mont. – Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is perhaps the most contagious disease known to cloven-footed animals like cattle, hogs, sheep, deer and elk. Argentina and Brazil are […]
Brazil's Second Reported BSE Case Raises Food Safety Concerns
May 6. 2014 Billings, Mont. – On Monday the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) provided notice that Brazil confirmed its second case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), this time in […]
Brazil’s Second Reported BSE Case Raises Food Safety Concerns
May 6. 2014 Billings, Mont. – On Monday the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) provided notice that Brazil confirmed its second case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), this time in […]
Cattle Group Minces No Words in Opposition to USDA’s Plan to Import Fresh Beef from FMD-Affected Brazil
April 24, 2014 Billings, Mont. – In strongly worded public comments, R-CALF USA criticized the plan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to […]