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USDA Criticized For Its Bird Flu Planning
by UPI Wire
Jun 21, 2006
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2006 (UPI) -- An audit by the U.S. Agriculture Department's inspector general finds the department has failed to develop a plan to detect bird flu in poultry and birds.
The audit determined the Department of Agriculture has relied too heavily on voluntary testing by the poultry industry and information from state agriculture departments, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Agriculture department spokeswoman Hallie Pickhardt, told the Times while the department agrees with the audit, it does not intend to make the voluntary testing mandatory. Instead, Pickhardt says the department will supplement the voluntary testing with its own inspections.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/health/article_21224331.shtml
by UPI Wire
Jun 21, 2006
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2006 (UPI) -- An audit by the U.S. Agriculture Department's inspector general finds the department has failed to develop a plan to detect bird flu in poultry and birds.
The audit determined the Department of Agriculture has relied too heavily on voluntary testing by the poultry industry and information from state agriculture departments, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Agriculture department spokeswoman Hallie Pickhardt, told the Times while the department agrees with the audit, it does not intend to make the voluntary testing mandatory. Instead, Pickhardt says the department will supplement the voluntary testing with its own inspections.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/health/article_21224331.shtml