Sheep

• Policy and Actions
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Policy and Actions

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Environmental Protection Agency	Acequinocyl; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule establishing tolerances for acequinocyl and its metabolite in or on almond; almond, hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus, oil; fat and liver of cattle, goat, horse, and sheep; fruit, citrus, group 10; fruit, pome, group 11; pistachio; and strawberry. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2004	Jul 22, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Avermectin B1 and its delta-8,9-isomer; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule establishing a tolerance for the combined residues of the insecticide/miticide avermectin B1 (a mixture of avermectins), and its delta-8,9-isomer, in or on a variety of foods. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2005	Mar 1, 2005
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in Humans This information statement highlights available data and research on BSE and vCJD up to September 2004. Includes discussion of origin and spread, the infective agent, infectivity of bovine materials, health controls, BSE risk by country or region, vertical transmission, BASE, BSE and sheep, vCJD, detection methods, therapeutic agents, research needs, and more. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Aug 9, 2002
	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Unsealing of Means of Conveyance and Transloading of Products Interim rule regarding authorization to break seals on shipments of ruminants of Canadian origin and regarding direct transloading of Canadian ruminant products being transported to Mexico. Comments are requested. (more) Deadline: Friday, January 27, 2006 Publication Date: Monday, November 28, 2005	Jan 9, 2006
	Environmental Protection Agency	Buprofezin; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for buprofezin in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Friday, April 8, 2005	Apr 21, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Carfentrazone-Ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite in or on certain raw agricultural commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004	Sep 30, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Cyhexatin; Proposed Tolerance Actions Proposed rule to revoke existing tolerances for residues of cyhexatin and to establish a time-limited tolerance for orange juice. (more) Deadline: Friday, August 26, 2005 Publication Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2005	Jul 28, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Deltamethrin; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes a tolerance for combined residues of deltamethrin, trans-deltamethrin, and [alpha]-R-deltamethrin in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004	Oct 28, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for combined residues of dinotefuran and certain metabolites expressed as dinotefuran in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2005	Mar 24, 2005
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Draft FSIS Microbiological Hazard Identification Guide for Meat and Poultry Components of Products Produced by Very Small Plants Guide on microbiological hazard identification for very small plant operators that was developed in consultation with the Meat and Poultry Subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods. It includes descriptions of pathogens of concern, guidance tables on the hazards in various process categories for products, and more. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999	Jun 18, 2004
	Unit D2 - Biological Risks, Directorate D - Food Safety: Production and Distribution Chain, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Effectively Enforced Feed-Ban Guidance document regarding indicators to give proof of an effectively enforced ban of feeding ruminants with protein derived from mammals. Includes a list of Community legislation related to the feed ban. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Jul 5, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Fenamidone; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for fenamidone and its metabolite RPA 717879 in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004	Sep 30, 2004
	Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Lamb, Pork, Fish, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, and Peanuts; Proposed Rule This proposed rule gives definitions, requirements for consumer notification and product marking, and recordkeeping responsibilities of retailers and suppliers with respect to country of origin labeling of muscle cuts of beef, lamb, and pork, ground beef, ground lamb, and ground pork, farm-raised and wild fish and shellfish, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, and peanuts. Includes discussion of the economic analysis, alternative approaches, costs and benefits, and related considerations. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, October 30, 2003	Nov 5, 2003
	Environmental Protection Agency	Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances Final rule that establishes pesticide residue tolerances for pyrimethanil and certain of its metabolites on certain commodities. Commodities affected include almond; apple, wet pomace; banana; citrus oil; fruit, citrus, group 10 (post-harvest); fruit, pome, group 11 (pre-harvest and post-harvest); fruit, stone (except cherry), group 12; grape; grape, raisin; onion, dry bulb; onion, green; pistachio; strawberry; tomato; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C; cattle; goat; horse; sheep; and milk. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, August 26, 2004	Aug 26, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Spirodiclofen; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for spirodiclofen in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2005	Jul 14, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Tetraconazole; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes time-limited residue tolerances for tetraconazole in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Friday, April 22, 2005	Apr 28, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Tolerances for Residues of New Animal Drugs in Food; Zeranol Final rule that provides for the establishment of a residue tolerance for zeranol in edible sheep tissues. Publication Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2005	Apr 2, 2005

Sheep and TSEs

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in Humans This information statement highlights available data and research on BSE and vCJD up to September 2004. Includes discussion of origin and spread, the infective agent, infectivity of bovine materials, health controls, BSE risk by country or region, vertical transmission, BASE, BSE and sheep, vCJD, detection methods, therapeutic agents, research needs, and more. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Aug 9, 2002
	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Unsealing of Means of Conveyance and Transloading of Products Interim rule regarding authorization to break seals on shipments of ruminants of Canadian origin and regarding direct transloading of Canadian ruminant products being transported to Mexico. Comments are requested. (more) Deadline: Friday, January 27, 2006 Publication Date: Monday, November 28, 2005	Jan 9, 2006
	Unit D2 - Biological Risks, Directorate D - Food Safety: Production and Distribution Chain, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Effectively Enforced Feed-Ban Guidance document regarding indicators to give proof of an effectively enforced ban of feeding ruminants with protein derived from mammals. Includes a list of Community legislation related to the feed ban. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Jul 5, 2004
	Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)	Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals This manual discusses laboratory diagnostic tests and information on vaccines for certain animal diseases. Publication Year: 2004	Oct 18, 2004
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Monthly Reports of Member States on BSE and Scrapie Tables of monthly testing data for BSE in cattle and scrapie and sheep and goats in the EU.	Jan 14, 2003
	Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the BOIHAZ Panel on: "A Quantitative Assessment of Risk Posed to Humans by Tissues of Small Ruminants in Case BSE is Present in these Animal Populations" Opinion adopted on June 8, 2005 in response to a request for a quantitative risk assessment for the risk from consumption of meat from BSE-positive goats and sheep. A quantitative assessment is not made due to lack of data, but data gaps are addressed and a qualitative assessment of risk from BSE in goats is made. The report of the working group is included as an annex. (more) Publication Date: Monday, June 27, 2005	Jun 29, 2005
	Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the European Food Safety Authority on BSE Risk from Dissemination of Brain Particles in Blood and Carcass Following Stunning Opinion adopted on October 21, 2004 regarding stunning methods and BSE risk in light of new studies. Includes as an annex "Report of the EFSA Working Group on BSE risk from dissemination of brain particles in blood and carcass". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2004	Dec 9, 2004
	European Commission	Questions and Answers on TSE in Sheep and Goats This fact sheet includes general information about TSE, sheep, and goats in the EU, information on research in this area, and information about EU legislation and measures regarding TSEs in sheep and goats. Links to relevant documents are provided. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 24, 2003	Aug 15, 2003
	Leuck, Dale; Haley, Mildred; Harvey, David	U.S. 2003 and 2004 Livestock and Poultry Trade Influenced by Animal Disease and Trade Restrictions This report discusses the effects of BSE and other animal diseases on U.S. trade in livestock and animal products for 2003 and recent years and 2004 forecast. (more) Publication Month: July 2004	Jul 6, 2004

Other Sheep-Related Resources

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Robertson, Robert E.	Beef and Lamb: Implications of Labeling by Country of Origin U.S. General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives. This report discusses the economic costs and benefits of labeling beef and lamb by country of origin, and includes import data for these commodities. (more) Publication Month: January 2000	Jul 31, 2002
	Food Safety Unit, Public Health Group, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department of Human Services, Victorian State Government	Kebab Survey Report of a survey of kebab meat temperature and handling practices as well as the presence of Clostridium perfringens, coliforms, E. coli, and Salmonella in meat samples and juice from the drip tray. The questionnaire used in the survey is attached as an appendix. (more)	Dec 17, 2004
	Bolton, Declan J.; Maunsell, Blaithin; Howlett, Brendan	Lamb Slaughter and Processing Food Safety Report that outlines prerequisite programs, a HACCP program, and a chemical residues control sub-program for lamb slaughter and processing operations. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 Publication Month: July 2005	Dec 21, 2005
	European Union Risk Analysis Information Network	Risk Assessment Database Database of data and study outcomes related to food safety risk assessment. Includes information on Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7, Yersinia enterocolitica and Staphylococcus aureus in beef, pork, lamb, poultry, milk, and vegetables. Includes such study types as base line, growth, survival, dose response, and life style. Access to raw data files is limited to those who have submitted data. (more)	Oct 8, 2004

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