Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 8/17/18


Food safety is for naught if animal diseases are not kept at bay. The federal Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program is funded through the so-called Farm Bill. And 120 groups representing animal agriculture late this week let Senate conferees know the 2018 Farm Bill does not provide enough money to prevent animal diseases. Differing versions of the 2018 Farm Bill have already passed the House and Senate and conferees working in a conference committee have been working on a compromise for the past three weeks.

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