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Bill That Would Give FDA Authority to Conduct Sampling on Factory Farms Reintroduced to Congress
Bill That Would Give FDA Authority to Conduct Sampling on Factory Farms Reintroduced to Congress
Reintroduced to U.S. Congress on February 3, 2025, the Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act (EFSIA) seeks to grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to collect microbial samples from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The bill is sponsored by Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), also referred to as “factory farms,” are large-scale facilities that raise food-producing animals in confinement. At present, FDA lacks the authority to conduct microbial sampling on factory farms during foodborne illness outbreak investigations, and therefore, public health investigators are frequently denied access to CAFOs.
·food-safety.com·
Bill That Would Give FDA Authority to Conduct Sampling on Factory Farms Reintroduced to Congress
Structure of a zoonotic H5N1 hemagglutinin reveals a receptor-binding site occupied by an auto-glycan - PubMed
Structure of a zoonotic H5N1 hemagglutinin reveals a receptor-binding site occupied by an auto-glycan - PubMed
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has spilled into many mammals, most notably cows and poultry, with several dozen human breakthrough infections. Zoonotic crossovers, with hemagglutinins mutated to enhance viral ability to use human α2-6-linked sialic acid receptors versus avian α2-3-linked ones, hi …
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Structure of a zoonotic H5N1 hemagglutinin reveals a receptor-binding site occupied by an auto-glycan - PubMed
Diversifying T-cell responses: safeguarding against pandemic influenza with mosaic nucleoprotein - PubMed
Diversifying T-cell responses: safeguarding against pandemic influenza with mosaic nucleoprotein - PubMed
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that seasonal influenza causes 3-5 million cases of severe illness annually. The influenza virus frequently undergoes genetic changes through antigenic drift and antigenic shift, resulting in annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. Consequently, a maj …
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Diversifying T-cell responses: safeguarding against pandemic influenza with mosaic nucleoprotein - PubMed
Bird flu crisis enters new phase
Bird flu crisis enters new phase
While the developments may not raise the risk of a pandemic, they could create more havoc for farmers, worsen egg shortages and expose surveillance gaps.
·axios.com·
Bird flu crisis enters new phase