USDA may require swine be tested for brucellosis
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
U.S. Department of
Agriculture officials have
proposed requiring imported
swine to pass a test for
brucellosis before entering
the United States.
Pierre A. Chaloux, deputy
administrator of USDA’s
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Inspection Service, said the
change is necessary to bring
USDA import rules
conformity with interstate
shipping regulations for
swine.
Chaloux said since May 22,
1978, USDA has required
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breeding swine trom non
validated herds in non
validated areas to pass
brucellosis tests within 30
days before interstate
shipments.
Under the proposed new
rule, all swine over six
months of age when im
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ported other than for im
mediate slaughter—except
for castrated males—would
need a health certificate
showing a negative
brucellosis test conducted by
a government approved
laboratory in the nation of
origin, together with the date
of testing and identification
of the swine.
Nations presently per
uuUea 10 ship swme to the
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The appointment of Edgar T.
Mertz as Chief Executive
Officer of Dairylea
Cooperative Inc. has been
announced by Dairylea
President Clyde E.
Rutherford.
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marketing organization with
headquarters m Pearl River,
NY, is owned by some 3800
dairy farmers m the Nor
theast. In 1979-80 Dairylea
had net sales of $408,000,000.
During the past three
years, Mertz has been a
Group Vice President at
Pillsbury where he headed
up five consumer groups
with annual sales of $720
million.
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United States are: Canada,
Australia, New Zealand,
Northern Ireland, the
republic of Ireland, Den
mark, Sweden, Finland,
Iceland, the Bahamas, and
the Trust Territories of the
Pacific Islands. USDA
animal import rules prohibit
swine from countries af
fected by several highly
contagious diseases, such as
foot-and-mouth disease, hog
Edgar T. Mertz
Prior to that he was Chief
Operating Officer for the H.
J. Heinz Co. where in three
sth Pa. Trade
Conference cites exports
HERSHEY - Par
ticipants in the Fifth Annual
Pennsylvania International
Trade Conference held
Monday and Tuesday
learned that Pennsylvania’s
agricultural exports rose 20
percent in 1979 to a new
record $180.5 million.
Pennsylvania’s Secretary
of Agriculture, Penrose
Hallowed, told the group
there are 119 firms exporting
food items to every continent
in the world.
But more could be done to
help boost farm and food
exports. National
agricultural exports are
continuing to rise, with a
total of $17.6 billion for the
first five months of the fiscal
year, running from October
1 to September 30. This is up
36 percent over last year’s
U.S. total.
“Agricultural exports play
a significant part in our
economy,” Hallowed said.
“Every $1 million in ad
ditional exports creates
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cholera, African swine
fever, and swine vesicular
disease.
Public comments on this
proposal may be submited
through July 1 to the deputy
administrator for veterinary
science, APHIS, USDA, 6505
Belcrest Rd., Hyattsville,
Md., 20782. The proposal was
published in the May 2
Federal Register.
new
years he sucessfully turned
key product lines from losses
to profitability.
Also at Heinz he directed
the introduction of a new
additive-free baby food and
led the company’s pizza
products to a major share of
the school lunch market.
Mertz was Vice President
for Operations with Texize
Chemicals of Greenville,
S.C. (Janitor in a Drum,
K2R, Fantastik). Prior to
that he spent 17 years with
Procter and Gamble.
Mertz holds an Industrial
Engineering Degree from
Lehigh University, an
LL.6. from LaSalle
University and an M.B.A.
from New York University.
He and his wife, Patricia
have two college-age
children.
another 56 jobs for Penn
sylvanians in these in
dustries.”
Agricultural exports also
play an imporant part in the
international economic
position. Over the past ten
years, agricultural exports
have shown a balance of
trade surplus, helping offset
the high costs of imported
petroleum products.
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