Animal Products

PATHANAMTHITTA: Transport Minister Mathews T Thomas has said that the State Government will set up a cattlefeed factory at Karunagappally at a cost of Rs 39 crore.

Publication Date:

07/02/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

Animal Products, Dairy Development, Milk, Kerala, Food Security

Climate Change

How meat contributes to global warming

Producing beef for the table has a surprising environmental cost: it releases prodigious amounts of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

Publication Date:

01/02/2009

Author(s): Nathan Fiala

Source: Scientific American

Vol:

300

Issue:

2

pp:

0

Tags:

Animal Feed, Livestock, Cattle, Animal Products, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, United States Of America (US), Global, Statistics

Pesticides And Toxins

Proposals for 2009 monitoring plan for pesticide residues in food and drink

Each year as a follow up to the official processes which regulate pesticides, government monitors food to check that the residue levels found are within those expected from normal use of the pesticide and checks that legal trading levels (Maximum Residue Levels) are not breached for both imported and home-produced food.

Publication Date:

01/01/2009

Source: Pesticides Safety Directorate

Tags:

Pesticides, Wheat, Vegetables, Animal Products, Milk, Soft Drinks, Pesticides And Toxins, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Pesticide Residues, European Union (EU)

Food Policy

India to top in livestock by 2025

Tirupati Dec. 8: Achieving nutritional food security from the livestock sector to meet the global demand for animal origin food by 2025 is the top priority of the country, said Mr N. Gokul Ram, secretary of the department of animal husbandry, government of India.

Publication Date:

09/12/2008

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Livestock, Animal Products, India, Food Security

Pesticides And Toxins

Development of veterinary drug residue controls by the Codex Alimentarius Commission: a review

Within the Codex Alimentarius, transparency is and has been an important consideration with regard to how and why actions and decisions are made in providing stakeholders with sufficient information and clarity on matters of interest and decision-making.

Publication Date:

01/12/2008

Author(s): Richard L. Ellis

Source: Food Additives and Contaminants

Vol:

25

Issue:

12

pp:

1432

Tags:

Animal Products, Food Contamination, Drugs, Pesticides And Toxins, Residue Monitoring, CODEX

Animal Care

Technology transfer, policies, and the role of the private sector in the global poultry revolution

This paper uses a supply response function to measure the importance of different types of private technology and of public investments on poultry productivity. The findings confirm that imported private technology was important to the growth of the poultry industry but also emphasize the importance of complementary government investments such as veterinary services.

Publication Date:

01/12/2008

Author(s): Carl E. Pray, Clare A. Narrod, Marites Tiongco

Source: International Food Policy Research Institute

Tags:

Livestock, Poultry, Animal Products, Contract Farming, Technology Transfer, Private Sector, Developing Countries

Agriculture