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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The set of measures taken to limit or counter the threat posed by sudden widespread disease or biological contamination, as from biological warfare, acts of bioterrorism, or pandemic outbreaks, including measures for increasing public safety and preparedness as well as procedures aimed at restricting access to biohazardous materials or to information relating to their production.
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- noun The
protection ofplants andanimals against harm fromdisease or from humanexploitation - noun The protection of humans against
bioweapons , or from the accidental release ofbiohazards
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Examples
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It seems that personal biosecurity is something our rulers will have to get used to if they are determined to inflict identity cards upon the rest of us.
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It seems that personal biosecurity is something our rulers will have to get used to if they are determined to inflict identity cards upon the rest of us.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Inadequate "biosecurity" -- especially protecting against invasive species -- and climate change also likely play a role, the experts said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Inadequate "biosecurity" -- especially protecting against invasive species -- and climate change also likely play a role, the experts said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Those alarming numbers led some states to create voluntary "egg quality assurance programs" (EQAP) in which egg farmers instituted "biosecurity" practices, rodent-proofed their barns, routinely cultured henhouses for salmonella, tested eggs if the samples were positive, and followed specific disinfection procedures.
Egg-loving salmonella bacteria have been sickening people for decades 2010
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Oh, and "biosecurity" regulations that mean many NZ fresh vegetables/fruits are barred from Australia; along with the importation of Australian pests such as the redback spider and Ross River virus carrying mosquito as NZ imports soar and NZ Customs/Biosecurity is simply unable to check all shipping containers.
ECFA Round Up Michael Turton 2009
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Again, under EU rules, we have seen the same transporting of thousands of potentially infectious dead animals across miles of countryside, under plastic sheeting which defies proper "biosecurity".
Archive 2007-02-01 Richard 2007
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Farmers must thus wait up to five weeks to have the rotting, stinking carcases of their animals collected, often by vehicles so filthy and infected that they make a mockery of hygiene or "biosecurity".
Booker Richard 2005
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However animal welfare campaigners will welcome the decision to rely on what they say are more effective measures to curb it such as biosecurity and cattle control.
Epolitix News 2010
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To prevent its spread, many countries have "biosecurity" measures in places, such as separating farms by a distance of at least five kilometres and controlling ship and personnel movements around the sites.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Brenda Bouw 2010
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