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Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food
Food safety regulators face a daunting task: crafting food safety performance standards and systems that continue in the tradition of using the best available science to protect …
Enhancing Food Safety
Recent outbreaks of illnesses traced to contaminated sprouts and lettuce illustrate the holes that exist in the system for monitoring problems and preventing foodborne diseases. …
Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo
This interim report assesses issues related to animal management, husbandry, health, and care at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park. The report finds that there …
Improving Characterization of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the United States
Understanding, quantifying, and tracking atmospheric methane and emissions is essential for addressing concerns and informing decisions that affect the climate, economy, and human …
Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse and Burro Sterilization or Contraception
As a follow-up to the 2013 report Using Science to Improve the Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward, this letter report reviews research project proposals submitted to the …
Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine
The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating companion animals and investigating …
Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role …
Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle
Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This reference has guided nutritionists and other …
Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture
The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon …
Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World
During the next ten years, colleges of agriculture will be challenged to transform their role in higher education and their relationship to the evolving global food and …
Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf
A Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf provides independent guidance about taxonomic research on the red wolf, Canis rufus. Building from the 2019 report …
Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade
The rapid expansion of international trade has brought to the fore issues of conflicting national regulations in the area of plant, animal, and human health. These problems include …