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发帖数: 40861 | 1 Indiana turkeys to be euthanized in new avian influenza outbreak
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian
influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana, on
January 15. This is a different strain of HPAI than the strains that caused
the 2015 outbreak.
USDA finds pesticide residues do not pose a safety concern
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
has posted data from the 2014 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary,
which confirms that overall pesticide chemical residues found on the foods
tested are at levels below the tolerances established by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and do not pose a safety concern.
FAO food price index declined 19% in 2015
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (
FAO), prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row
in 2015, averaging 19.1% below their previous-year’s levels, as the
dwindling global economy also triggered sharp price falls from metals to
energy markets. |
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