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    FDA plans ban on cattle tissue in feed


    Rockville, Md. -- The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting comments through Jan. 26 on a planned regulation that would ban use of cattle tissues in animal feeds.

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    USDA releases report confirming AVMA's call for more food-animal vets


    Schaumberg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is using a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this week to reiterate its call for more food-animal veterinarians.

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    FDA action buys more time to mull extra-label ban of cephalosporins


    Washington -- The federal order banning extra-label use of cephalosporins in food-producing animals has been revoked -- at least for now.

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    Food-safety podcasts offered by AVMA


    Schaumberg, Ill. -- "Chew on This," a new food-safety podcast series offered by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), got off on the right drumstick in November with a Thanksgiving-theme program about poultry safety and holiday dinners.

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    AVMA reacts to Prop 2 passage


    The AVMA is offering assistance to California food-animal producers in the wake of the Prop 2 passage.

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    Prop 2 passes in California


    Passage of Prop 2 will mean big changes for California's food-animal industry.

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    $1.4 million grant backs further study of chicken genome


    Starkville, Miss. -- Dr. Shane Burgess, a basic-sciences associate professor with Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, along with Drs. Fiona McCarthy and Susan Bridges, received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work annotating the chicken genome.

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    FARAD begins shutting down


    Washington - Neither a short-term cash infusion or the $2.5 million in long-term funding promised for the support of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) in this year's Farm Bill came through in time, so the resource used to keep contaminants out of the food supply for more than a quarter century began shutting down Oct. 1.

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    Prop 2 debate divides DVMs


    A debate has ensued over California's Prop 2, which would drastically alter animal agriculture.

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