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 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING    Date:               January 25, 2011 (Tuesday)                           Time:               9:00 a.m.                                                                     Location:         Department of Agriculture                        Plant Quarantine Conference Room                       1849 Auiki Street                       Honolulu, Hawaii     I.          CALL TO ORDER  II.          APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 11/23/10 MEETING  III.         COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)  IV.         COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION               ...
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NR11-02 – January 19, 2011 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is again alerting travelers to and from S. Korea to be careful not to transport a notorious livestock illness, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), to Hawaii.  Ranchers and livestock operators in the state are also strongly encouraged to review their biosecurity practices to prevent the ...
Read More Travel Advisory on Livestock Disease Outbreak in S. Korea

NR11-02 – January 19, 2011 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is again alerting travelers to and from S. Korea to be careful not to transport a notorious livestock illness, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), to Hawaii.  Ranchers and livestock operators in the state are also strongly encouraged to review their biosecurity practices to prevent the ...
Read More Travel Advisory on Livestock Disease Outbreak in S. Korea

NR11-01 January 10, 2011   HONOLULU – A small bat has tested negative for rabies after it was captured last Thursday, January 6th, by workers at a produce storage facility in Pearl City.  The brown-colored bat was found alive under a pallet in a refrigerated container carrying a shipment of radishes and turnips from Korea.  ...
Read More Live Bat Found in Shipment From Korea