Hawaii has identified its first outbreak of a deadly pig virus that emerged in the continental United States last year, confounding officials who are uncertain how the disease arrived over thousands of miles of ocean. The state confirmed Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) on a farm on Oahu, the most populous Hawaiian island, on...
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Court orders FDA to examine antibiotics use on animals
A federal court on Thursday ordered the FDA to follow through on a 35-year-old proposal that would have banned the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed because the agency was concerned that these drugs were overused in livestock and helped develop drug-resistant bacteria that can infect people. The concern is that some antibiotics...
Continue readingAlgae producer Cellana gets $5.5M to develop animal feed
Kona-based Cellana LLC has received a $5.5 million federal grant to develop animal feed from algae grown at its facility at Keahole Point. The grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be combined with $1.6 million raised by Cellana for the project titled “Developing a new Generation of Animal Feed Supplements,” according to...
Continue readingInspector layoffs may mean near ‘shutdown’ of imports – The Maui News
Positions targeted to balance state budget By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer POSTED: August 30, 2009 PUKALANI – Plant quarantine officials said last week that laying off more than half the state’s agricultural inspectors would create such a logjam at Hawaii ports that it could cause shortages similar to those seen during shipping strikes. Carol...
Continue readingLayoffs could leave island vulnerable to alien species – Mauinews.com
Should the layoffs go forward in November as planned by Gov. Linda Lingle, not all Maui-based inspectors will disappear, according to Carol Okada, manager of the Plant Quarantine Bureau in the state Department of Agriculture. There are inspectors in 10 positions covered by special funds who will not be affected, including six funded...
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May 21, 2007 Hawaii: a return to the land, for fuel By Matt Villano LAHAINA, Hawaii – Here on the West Side of Maui, where lush mountainsides and the warm waters of the Alalakeiki Channel juxtapose increasingly crowded roadways and a spate of new luxury hotels, the push for renewable energy has found an...
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