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...The government said it had strict border controls in place to protect food and animal safety....
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...Among the challenges revealed by the FT report is the high number of errors in traders’ entries to the two UK government computer systems that control customs and products of plant and animal origin....
...“The biggest barrier is insurance companies,” said Lawrence Honig, a neurologist at New York’s Columbia University Irving Medical Center....
...The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 19 human cases had been detected worldwide from January 2022 to the end of December 2023, with nine severe cases leading to five deaths....
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...Pluck said Cold Chain Federation members want physical inspections on plant and animal products to be delayed to October to give European operators more time to prepare....
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...Since January EU exporters have had to supply extra paperwork on the provenance of plant and animal products, known as Export Health Certificates (EHCs)....
...Implementation of the new border controls has been postponed five times since 2021, which has left EU exporters of animal and plant products free to send them to the UK without checks....
...Beijing-based Joinn Laboratories, which acquired two lab animal suppliers in 2022, has warned about the impact of falling primate prices on its business....
...A person in Texas has contracted the second known human case of H5N1 bird flu in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said....
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...Dogs are on leashes, animals in zoos....
...City types blame red tape for sapping animal spirits. The government obligingly ditched beefed-up governance legislation last week....
...The National Center of Meteorology told CNBC news that it had not deployed pilots before or during the storm....
...At times he activates her body with little slaps, like a man taming an animal (or an old-school choreographer giving corrections). There is clever — if somewhat derivative — use of cantilevered poses....
...Industry bosses are aware they will ultimately face more regulation to control the growth in flying if they cannot win the argument on SAFs....
...The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said last month that Medicare Part D drug benefit plans will cover weight loss medicines when they are approved to treat a separate medical problem, such as heart...
...Looking at the data over time (see chart) it’s possible that the fall can be attributed to seasonal volatility, but trade groups are worried that it reflects the early impacts of the post-Brexit UK border controls...
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