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Year 2008 Press Releases

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Press Release Date:
12/23/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-088:
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR SANTA’S REINDEER WAIVED BY STATE VETERINARIAN
Press Release Date:
12/22/2008
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CDFA08-087:
CDFA SCIENTISTS “ADOPT” SACRAMENTO SCHOOL FOR HOLIDAYS AND DONATE MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLIES
Press Release Date:
12/22/2008
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CDFA08-086:
BUY AWARD WINNING CHEESE FOR THE HOLIDAYS CALIFORNIA CHEESES ARE WORLD CLASS
Press Release Date:
12/22/2008
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CDFA08-085:
MEXICAN FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE DECLARED IN AZUSA AREA
Press Release Date:
12/15/2008
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CDFA08-084:
STATE BOARD TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL VISION WITH FOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
Press Release Date:
12/15/2008
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CDFA08-083:
CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FOOD FUTURE – CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL VISION FRAMEWORK RELEASED
Press Release Date:
12/10/2008
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CDFA08-082:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE FEED INSPECTION ADVISORY BOARD
Press Release Date:
12/2/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-081:
MEDFLY QUARANTINE SET IN EL CAJON
Press Release Date:
11/21/2008
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CDFA08-080:
CDFA SECRETARY A.G. KAWAMURA APPLAUDS USDA’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF $5.8 MILLION TO FIGHT ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID
Press Release Date:
11/21/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-079:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ENCOURAGES SWEET CHERRY GROWERS TO ATTEND USDA INSURANCE WORKSHOPS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
Press Release Date:
11/21/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-078:
NEW INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR AVOCADO GROWERS
Press Release Date:
11/13/2008
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CDFA08-077:
MEDFLY INFESTATION DETECTED IN EL CAJON
Press Release Date:
11/10/2008
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CDFA08-076:
INFORMATION ABOUT ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID TREATMENT PLANS AVAILABLE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS SET IN SAN DIEGO, IMPERIAL COUNTIES
Press Release Date:
11/6/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-075:
DON’T GET BURNED WHEN BUYING FIREWOOD
Press Release Date:
11/4/2008
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CDFA08-074:
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH STATEMENT
Press Release Date:
10/29/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-073:
GYPSY MOTH QUARANTINE ANNOUNCED: FIVE-SQUARE-MILE AREA OF OJAI IN VENTURA COUNTY
Press Release Date:
10/23/2008
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CDFA08-072:
NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PIERCE’S DISEASE/GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER BOARD
Press Release Date:
10/16/2008
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CDFA08-071:
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER APPOINTS WILL BROWN CDFA UNDERSECRETARY
Press Release Date:
10/15/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-070:
“FRESH APPROACHES TO FERTILIZING TECHNIQUES” REFLECTS THEME OF NOVEMBER 12-13 CONFERENCE IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA
Press Release Date:
10/15/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-069:
NOMINEES NEEDED FOR VACANCIES ON THE CITRUS AND FERTILIZER COMMITTEES
Press Release Date:
10/8/2008
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CDFA08-068:
USDA RULE CHANGE ON WEIGHING MEAT TO TAKE EFFECT OCTOBER 9
Press Release Date:
9/23/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-067:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE STANDARDIZATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
9/23/2008
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CDFA08-066:
STATE APIARY BOARD SCHEDULES OCTOBER 3 MEETING
Press Release Date:
9/22/2008
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CDFA08-065:
STATE BOARD TO DISCUSS WATER SYSTEM AND DELTA VISION
Press Release Date:
9/19/2008
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CDFA08-064:
USDA CHANGES CALIFORNIA’S BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS STATUS
Press Release Date:
9/15/2008
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CDFA08-063:
ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY INFESTATION DETECTED IN ONTARIO AREA OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Press Release Date:
9/15/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-062:
LIMITED ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID GROUND PREVENTION TREATMENT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN FOR 12 SITES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Press Release Date:
9/11/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-061:
ORGANIC PASTURES RAW CREAM RECALL ANNOUNCED BY CDFA
Press Release Date:
9/11/2008
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CDFA08-060:
SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PLACED UNDER PEST QUARANTINE TO PREVENT SPREAD OF ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID
Press Release Date:
9/9/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-059:
ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY INFESTATION DETECTED IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Press Release Date:
9/8/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-058:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA COMMENTS ON PACIFIC INSTITUTE WATER REPORT
Press Release Date:
8/29/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-057:
SINGLE ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID DETECTED IN SAN DIEGO
Press Release Date:
8/29/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-056:
QUARANTINE ANNOUNCED: 19-SQUARE-MILE AREA OF SONOMA, NAPA COUNTIES ADDED TO STATE’S APPLE MOTH QUARANTINE
Press Release Date:
8/26/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-055:
CDFA BORDER STATIONS TO CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST
Press Release Date:
8/26/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-054:
POLLINATOR SPECIALISTS TO CONSIDER RESPONSES TO HIVE COLLAPSE CRISIS
Press Release Date:
8/26/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-053:
ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE DECLARED IN LAKEWOOD AREA
Press Release Date:
8/21/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-052:
INSECT PAVILION HIGHLIGHTS EXOTIC AND INVASIVE SPECIES AT THE STATE FAIR
Press Release Date:
8/14/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-051:
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY ERADICATED FROM CALIFORNIA
Press Release Date:
8/14/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-050:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE JOINS CALIFORNIA FUEL CELL PARTNERSHIP
Press Release Date:
8/11/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-049:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCY ON THE FERTILIZER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TECHNICAL ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
8/4/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-048:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA AND USDA SECRETARY SCHAFER CELEBRATE THE BENEFITS OF FARMERS MARKETS
Press Release Date:
7/21/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-047:
PARCEL SNIFF DOG FINDS MISLABELED MANGOES; ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FILES AGAINST INTERNATIONAL SHIPPER
Press Release Date:
7/18/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-046:
SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS $2.8 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE
Press Release Date:
6/30/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-045:
CALIFORNIA’S FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT ON AN AGRICULTURAL VISION – DEVELOPING FUTURE PRIORITIES FOR THE INDUSTRY
Press Release Date:
6/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-044:
ADDITIONAL BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS-AFFECTED HERDS DETECTED IN CALIFORNIA
Press Release Date:
6/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-043:
FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN HORSES FOR 2008
Press Release Date:
6/23/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-042:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE FERTILIZER INSPECTION ADVISORY BOARD
Press Release Date:
6/20/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-041:
UPDATED STRATEGY TO ERADICATE APPLE MOTH INFESTATION PROTECTS AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY
Press Release Date:
6/13/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-040:
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL VISION: SECRETARY KAWAMURA AND STATE BOARD PRESIDENT AL MONTNA REMIND THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE
Press Release Date:
6/10/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-039:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA EMPHASIZES THAT CALIFORNIA TOMATOES ARE NOT INVOLVED IN SALMONELLA OUTBREAK
Press Release Date:
6/9/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-038:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE STATE APIARY BOARD
Press Release Date:
6/9/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-037:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE SHIPPING POINT INSPECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
5/13/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-036:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA AND STATE BOARD PRESIDENT AL MONTNA INVITE THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC TO SHARE IN A CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL VISION
Press Release Date:
5/12/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-035:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA COMMENTS ON MONTEREY COUNTY COURT RULING REGARDING LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH ERADICATION EFFORT
Press Release Date:
5/5/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-034:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE SHELL EGG ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
5/5/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-033:
QUARANTINE ANNOUNCED: 15-SQUARE-MILE AREA OF SONOMA COUNTY ADDED TO STATE’S LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH QUARANTINE
Press Release Date:
4/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-032:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA COMMENTS ON SANTA CRUZ SUPERIOR COURT RULING REGARDING LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH ERADICATION EFFORT
Press Release Date:
4/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-031:
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH PROGRAM UPDATE: TWIST TIE TREATMENTS SCHEDULED FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY; SECOND MOTH DETECTED IN SONOMA COUNTY
Press Release Date:
4/21/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-030:
TWIST TIE TREATMENTS SCHEDULED TO COMBAT LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH INFESTATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Press Release Date:
4/10/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-029:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA COMMENTS ON OEHHA/DPR/DPH STUDY OF PHEROMONE USAGE IN LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH ERADICATION PROJECT
Press Release Date:
4/1/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-028:
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH SCIENCE UPDATE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP COMMENTS ON HARDER/ROSENDALE REPORT
Press Release Date:
3/28/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-027:
STATEMENT ISSUED BY CDFA SECRETARY A.G. KAWAMURA ON UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND CANADA LIVE CATTLE TRADE
Press Release Date:
3/25/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-026:
CREATING A VISION FOR CALIFORNIA’S AGRICULTURAL FUTURE
Press Release Date:
3/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-025:
CALIFORNIA CELEBRATES AG DAY 2008 – CELEBRITY CHEF, USDA SECRETARY AND LOTS OF CALIFORNIA GROWN PRODUCTS
Press Release Date:
3/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-024:
QUARANTINE ANNOUNCED: 10 SQUARE-MILE AREA OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ADDED TO STATE’S LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH QUARANTINE
Press Release Date:
3/24/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-023:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA APPLAUDS USDA AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO ON LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS
Press Release Date:
3/18/2008
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CDFA08-022:
CELEBRITY CHEF GUY FIERI ON AG DAY 2008 - “IT’S OFF THE HOOK”
Press Release Date:
3/14/2008
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CDFA08-021:
NEW ZEALAND LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH EXPERT DISTANCES SELF, COLLEAGUES FROM HARDER/ROSENDALE PAPER ON LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH
Press Release Date:
3/14/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-020:
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY KAWAMURA ON ACTION BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN CATTLE TRADING DISPUTE
Press Release Date:
3/11/2008
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CDFA08-019:
STRICTER REGULATIONS IN CANADA, MEXICO FOR GROWERS IN COUNTIES INFESTED WITH LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH
Press Release Date:
3/4/2008
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CDFA08-018:
CALIFORNIA CELEBRATES NATIONAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK
Press Release Date:
2/29/2008
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CDFA08-017:
SINGLE LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH DETECTED IN SONOMA COUNTY
Press Release Date:
2/27/2008
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CDFA08-016:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES VACANCY ON THE CITRUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
2/25/2008
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CDFA08-015:
STATE BOARD OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2008
Press Release Date:
2/22/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-013:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE AVOCADO INSPECTION COMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
2/14/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-012:
SCOPING MEETINGS SET FOR THE LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Press Release Date:
2/13/2008
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CDFA08-011:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE’S METROLOGY LAB RECEIVES NATIONAL ACCREDITATION
Press Release Date:
2/13/2008
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CDFA08-010:
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH 2008 ACTION PLAN ANNOUNCED
Press Release Date:
2/8/2008
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CDFA08-009:
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH (LBAM) PROJECT UPDATE
Press Release Date:
2/4/2008
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CDFA08-008:
EXPORT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CALIFORNIA FARMERS AND RANCHERS ANNOUNCED
Press Release Date:
2/4/2008
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CDFA08-007:
STATEMENT BY CDFA SECRETARY A.G. KAWAMURA ON INHUMANE TREATMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CALIFORNIA SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Press Release Date:
2/1/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-006:
TWIST-TIE TREATMENTS SCHEDULED TO COMBAT LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH INFESTATIONS IN MARIN AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES
Press Release Date:
2/1/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-005:
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS DETECTED AT FRESNO COUNTY DAIRY
Press Release Date:
1/29/2008
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CDFA08-004:
STATE BOARD OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE TO DISCUSS 2008 POLICY AGENDA
Press Release Date:
1/22/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-003:
UPDATE: LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH ERADICATION PROGRAM FOR 2008
Press Release Date:
1/16/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-002:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE SHELL EGG ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Press Release Date:
1/16/2008
Press Release Subject:
CDFA08-001:
SECRETARY KAWAMURA LEADS AGRICULTURAL TRADE DELEGATION TO CUBA

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