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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

State gets $62K to stave off food terrorism

by Jackie Johnson on November 17, 2009

in Agriculture

Wisconsin is getting over $62,000 from the USDA to combat agro-terrorism.

The state Ag Department’s high-tech plans to protect the nation’s food system from agro-terrorism earns the agency’s Food Safety Division one of only four Innovative Food Defense grants from the federal government.

“They were grants that were intended to spark some innovative ideas about how to protect our food supply in case of some kind of an agro-terrorism attack on the food supply.”

Donna Gilson with the Ag Department explains TIGER is a high-tech tool to help investigate a terrorist strike to Wisconsin’s vital food industry. Its intent is to minimize the damage to people’s health and the economy, by being able to act very quickly using specialized computer maps to track down potentially contaminated food. [click to continue…]

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Doyle signs agreement with Israel

by Andrew Beckett 11/17/09 3:42 PM

Wisconsin businesses could soon find new research and business partners in Israel.
As part of a trade mission to Israel this week, Governor Jim Doyle signed a collaborative agreement with the government to work together on research and development. Doyle says the deal will allow Wisconsin businesses to better connect with those in Israel, and develop [...]

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State does better preventing premature births

by Bob Hague 11/17/09 12:48 PM

Wisconsin is doing better in preventing premature births. Doctor Jennifer Howse, President of the March of Dimes, says premature births continue to be a problem. “The babies who are born too soon are at risk of neonatal death,” says Howse. “Prematurity is a major cause of childhood disability, and there is $26 billion dollars of [...]

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Lawmakers propose alternate MPS reform plan

by Bob Hague 11/17/09 7:01 AM

Two state lawmakers from Milwaukee have unveiled a bill to reform the Milwaukee Public Schools, and it differs in at least one crucial element from the proposal being pushed by the city’s mayor and the governor.
The proposal, dubbed RACE for Success, the Reforming and Advancing Children’s Education for Success Act, was unveiled Monday by Democrats, [...]

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Fewer retailers selling smokes to kids

by Andrew Beckett 11/17/09 12:41 AM

Wisconsin retailers are doing a better job of helping to keep tobacco out of the hands of minors. That’s according to the results of a statewide compliance survey, which found only about 5.7-percent of retailers sold tobacco illegally to minors.

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