I have a good friend living in England who told me that the information we are receiving only begins to tell the impact this disease is having on the farming community and the economy as a whole. In the 18 years since its description, E.coli 157 has become an important public health problem worldwide. Given the magnitude and severity of the recent outbreaks of E.coli 157 associated infection, there is an urgent need to reduce or eliminate the human health hazard caused by this pathogen. Current moisture conditions are below normal in much of the province, with severely dry conditions in many parts of north central, east central, and southeastern Alberta. Many areas had record or near record lows for winter precipitation.
Marketing is an important and challenging task for all farmers and livestock producers.
Will Verboven April 2001 Hellish scenes of animal funeral pyres and macabre piles of carcasses in the UK and France are probably viewed with some apprehension by livestock producers in Canada. Those same producers can empathize with the anguish that the owners of the destroyed livestock must be feeling. To most neither of the above diseases looks familiar. But the starkly different way the urban media has reacted to the two diseases shows how whimsical names and macabre images gets the media's attention. The mandate of the Food Safety Division of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development is to provide the necessary support to Alberta agri-food industries to ensure domestic and export market access and protect public health through various food safety initiatives.