– OPINION- This column addresses Docket No. FSIS-2019-0023 “Changes to the Salmonella Verification Testing Program: Proposed Performance Standards for Salmonella in Raw Comminuted Pork and Intact or Non-Intact Pork Cuts and Related Agency Verification” For more information, or to comment on the docket, click here. Comments close on April 18. The […]
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Low levels of testing may be hiding a COVID wave in Texas: Experts
Looking at data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would give the impression that COVID-19 is generally under control in Texas. The federal agency’s map of levels of COVID-19 spread in the community shows most counties in the state are classified as “low” or “medium.” But public health […]
Quebec to make HPV testing first step for cervical cancer screening
Quebec will replace pap tests with HPV tests as its main tool to screen for cervical cancer, the Health Ministry has announced. The HPV test, which detects high-risk types of human papillomavirus, will be offered to women between the ages of 25 and 65, every five years. The announcement comes a […]