Apr 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) A committee that reviews medical product applications for the European Union (EU) yesterday recommended approval of a cell-based seasonal influenza vaccine made by Novartis, improving the company's chance of becoming the first to market a flu vaccine grown in cell culture instead of in eggs. Apr 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) A committee that reviews medical product applications for the European Union (EU) yesterday recommended approval of a cell-based seasonal influenza...

In advanced capitalist countries like the United States, a deadly combination of economies of scale, capital-intensive technology, and the market led to large corporations cornering agricultural production and processing. The AOA forced open agricultural markets by banning quotas, which were converted to tariffs, and required governments to import a minimum volume of each agricultural commodity at a low tariff. In Thailand, for instance, a tax on rice exports insulated the domestic market...

WASHINGTON -- Two federal agencies said chicken feed at 30 broiler poultry farms and eight breeder poultry farms in Indiana contained byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China. The FDA and USDA said in a joint statement that officials learned about the contamination as part of the investigation into imported rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten. No recall of poultry products processed from these animals is being issued. Looking to buy a...

Bruce Lipsky / The Florida Times-Union Bruce Lipsky / The Florida Times-Union Bruce Lipsky / The Florida Times-Union BRUCE LIPSKY/The Times-Union During Farm Day at Baker County High School, Ally Poole explains how eggs that crack inside a chicken are repaired before the chicken lays it. Bruce Lipsky / The Florida Times-Union Bruce Lipsky / The Florida Times-Union Bruce Lipsky / The Florida Times-Union BRUCE LIPSKY/The Times-Union During Farm Day at Baker County High School, Ally Poole...

If we visit pig or poultry farms, then on the professionally-run units you cannot drive on to the farm premises and you have to change into overalls and boots provided by the unit before you can walk around them. If we think back to digital dermatitis, that came into the UK from the Netherlands, or indeed foot-and-mouth, this is a classic example of how disease can be introduced on to our farms. There is a very big difference between pig, poultry and dairy farms. This is because of the...