Day: June 26, 2007

Food safety agency invites comments on melamine

The public is being asked to comment on a food safety agency’s decision-making process that led the agency to conclude that swine and poultry fed pet food scraps containing melamine and melamine-related compounds are unlikely to pose a human health risk. The decisions of the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, detailed in the May 30 Federal Register and posted online at www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/2007-0018.pdf (PDF, 78 Kb), were based on the best available scientific data and information, according to the agency. In the same Federal Register, the Food and Drug Administration issued a notice of availability

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Board approves recommendations with teeth

An engaging new interactive resource has the potential to make a meaningful dent in the nation’s alarming number of dog bite victims, estimated at 4.7 million last year. The AVMA Executive Board signed on to a project with The Blue Dog Trust to instruct the most common victims—young children—and their parents on preventing dog bite injury. It was among the recommendations approved by the board May 31-June 1 in Schaumburg, Ill. Other actions included revising certain animal welfare policies, including an animal fighting policy that encourages veterinarians to collaborate with law enforcement. The agenda was gentle on

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“BEST REMUDAS” AN AWARD-WINNING BOOK

BY JIM JENNINGS  America’s Horse, June 25, 2007- Jim Jennings’ “Best Remudas” immortalizes the building blocks of the American West – the working ranch horse – and at the 2007 Independent Publisher Awards, this handsome new coffee table book was awarded a bronze medal for Outstanding Book of the Year in the category of Best Corporate Branding Book. “Best Remudas” was among 2,690 national entries competing in 12 categories at this year’s contest. A remuda is a group of working horses bred for the ranch specifically to work and pen cattle. In his book, Jennings, executive director

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