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    public receive safe and healthy food. Furthermore, The FDA is much involved in guiding investors that are interested in the initiation of GM foods’ farms. And to help facilitate this process, the agency has created a consulting program known as the Plant Biotechnology Consultation Program. The Program was started in the 1990’s to cooperatively work with GE plant developers to help them ensure foods made from their new Genetically engineered plant varieties are safe and lawful(“EPA 's Regulation”,2015; Genetically Engineered,…

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    repel pests to certain crops. Some may argue that the new technology allows easier farming practices, longer lasting produce, and more desirable crops. Using the idea that third world courtiers could benefit from this, by preventing world hunger through the overwhelming food production that is possible. Although this might be true, many others argue that it is believed that GMOs have harmful affects on species via self-produced pesticides and most importantly in human’s long-term health. With…

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    Although there are given benefits of using GMOs in crop production, such as longer lasting produce, easier farming practices, and more appealing crops there are also harmful effects through the consumption of these products. The negative effects we see are the ways in which GMOs can impact the health of an individual, which is evident here. This is why it is important to establish the requirement of GMO label on all food, so that we can start moving towards the right direction and hopefully get…

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    APHIS Essay

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    The Animal and Plant Health inspection Service (APHIS) was founded in 1972. It was created to control some things that the USDA was in charge of but could not give the proper attention to. In 1883, the foundation of Aphis was built along with the first Veterinary Division which was created to regulate the practice. This was called the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and this promoted research on livestock disease and regulate moving and importing animals. The Animal Damage Control service, now…

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    This process has since evolved to take hold into our plants and animals that we now consume on a daily basis. Almost all of the items that you consume on a daily basis has a wilder, less edible counterpart that once was. We can use the example of genetically modified maize or better known as corn. Corn was first domesticated around 7,000 BC and according to studies, was barely edible and had the consistency of a raw potato. Between artificial selection and genetically modifying this crop, it has…

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    USDA Food Safety

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    The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the sole governing body which is responsible for ensuring our safety and wholesomeness of meat, poultry, and processed egg products and well as ensuring that these products have the correct well –documented labels. The FSIS comprises of the Federal Meat, Poultry Products and the Egg Products Inspection Act, and these acts require that all meat, poultry, and processed egg products prepared for distribution in commerce for human consumption…

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    Traditionally, plants and animals have been selectively bred or cross breed, in order to create specific strains or lineages to express ideal traits or attributes. Farmers or biologists would typically gather pollen by hand using a cone shaped piece of sand paper, transferring them to female flower parts. It would have take tens of years to achieve desired results over many generations. Animals are bred similarly by artificial insemination or matching male and female candidates; in contrast,…

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    crops and animals are sources of food commonly enhanced by genetically modified organisms. Although many states require the labeling of GMOs, there are many that do not. Often genetically modified foods are the cause of allergies and other health problems affecting consumers ate.…

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    Essay On Puppy Mill

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    are kept in unimaginable conditions. They are kept in stacked, cramped wire cages, covered in their own filth. Many are sick, malnourished, never leave their cages, or even see the light of day. They have no idea what it feels like to be loved and cared for. The people running these facilities are only in it for profit and have no care for the wellbeing of the animals. The only way to stop the mass production of puppies, is to stop buying them from pet stores. If there is no profit, puppy…

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    Equine Research Paper

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    horses. Other precautions that should be taken to prevent EVA are; isolating new arrivals for 3-4 weeks and testing blood samples from all horses before breeding. It may also be beneficial to preform virus isolation on any imported semen before insemination. References "Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)." USDA APHIS. USDA.gov, May 2002. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. http://www.aphis.usda.gov Timoney, Peter J., Timothy R. Cordes, and William H. McCollum. EVA, Equine Viral Arteritis a Manageable Problem.…

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