Brucellosis, Bison, and Food Safety: Animal Health Rules Run Astray and How They're Changing

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:16:19 +0000

Becky Weed, Owner and Operator of 13 Mile Lamb and Wool Company, argues that animal health rules established decades ago to eradicate brucellosis from domestic livestock herds no longer fit the nation's needs for brucellosis management, for the only remaining reservoir is in wildlife, not domestic herds. The complicated history of bison, elk and cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Area illustrate how well-intentioned food safety rules, when misapplied, can distract us from real issues in both agricultural and wildlife policy. The brucellosis case illustrates how food safety, trade, and marketing issues can get muddled, perhaps providing some cautions in how we interpret more recent events involving e.coli contamination of vegetable crops.

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Brucellosis, Bison, and Food Safety: Animal Health Rules Run Astray and How They're Changing