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FDA Launches the FDA-TRACK: Food Safety Dashboard to Track FSMA Progress
- By: NEGFA
- On: 09/30/2019 16:28:51
- In: Regulatory Updates
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FDA Announces Public Meeting to Discuss: A New Era of Smarter Food Safety
FDA will be discussing and listening to feedback on their new approach which is intended to combine the implementation of FSMA with the use of new and emerging technologies, like blockchain, sensor technology, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence. Register to attend or view webinar by October 11, 2019.Read all of FDA Announces Public Meeting to Discuss: A New Era of Smarter Food Safety
Purdue University Releases Grain Entrapment Statistics for 2018
Harvest is underway and we want to remind you that safety needs to be top of mind as we move into the busy season. Purdue University's report on US Agriculture and Confined Space Related Injuries and fatalities documented 30-grain entrapment cases in 2018. The number of fatal cases (15) was the fifth-largest recorded after 2010. Notably, Purdue does not specifically identify the number of grain entrapment cases that occurred on-farm versus at commercial facilities. Historically, 70 percent of grain entrapments have occurred on farms.Read all of Purdue University Releases Grain Entrapment Statistics for 2018
New GFLI Entity to Make Environmental Data on Feed Ingredients Publicly Available
An international consortium came together in 2016 to establish a “global gold standard” for calculating the life-cycle analysis (LCA) of feed ingredients. Now, Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) will be working to make publicly available an expanded regional and sectorial animal nutrition life-cycle analysis (LCA) database, consolidating existing LCA datasets developed for the European Union, United States, and Canada.Read all of New GFLI Entity to Make Environmental Data on Feed Ingredients Publicly Available
EPA Seeks Comment on New Policy Proposals to Facilitate Market-Based Opportunities to Improve Water Quality
- By: NEGFA
- On: 09/10/2019 12:11:02
- In: Regulatory Updates
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​Report: Innovative State-Led Financing Advances Agricultural Conservation
According to a new report, at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Annual Meeting by NASDA and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), states that embrace innovative new ways to finance on-farm conservation can deliver multiple benefits to farmers, state residents, taxpayers and the environment.Read all of ​Report: Innovative State-Led Financing Advances Agricultural Conservation