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Screwworm Not a Food Safety Threat

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By Pat Melgares
| KSAL-AM (Salina, KS) Verified
Kansas animal health officials and scientists are stressing that a current outbreak of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite affecting livestock and other animals, does not pose a food safety concern for consumers. “This is not a food safety concern, and that’s an important point we want everyone to understand,” said Dr. Sarah McReynolds, assistant animal health commissioner for the Kansas Department of Agriculture.
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K-State conducts regenerative agriculture research alongside Kansas farmers

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By Pat Melgares
| k-state.edu
Visitors to the Guetterman Brothers Family Farm field day, co-sponsored by the Kansas Soil Health Network, pulled up clumps of dirt to view the health of the soil. Earthworms are a sign of soil health, aerating the ground with their burrows and creating drainage channels. One after another, visitors to the Guetterman Brothers Family Farms near Kansas' eastern border recently found themselves digging up a clump of soil in freshly-sown and developing crop fields.
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Screwworm Not a Food Safety Threat

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By Pat Melgares
| EIN News
Kansas animal health officials and scientists are stressing that a current outbreak of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite affecting livestock and other animals, does not pose a food safety concern for consumers. “This is not a food safety concern, and that’s an important point we want everyone to understand,” said Dr. Sarah McReynolds, assistant animal health commissioner for the Kansas Department of Agriculture.
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