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(Washington, DC, June 22, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the suspension of all imports of fresh beef from Brazil because of recurring concerns about the safety of the products intended for the American market. The suspension of shipments will remain in place until the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture takes corrective action which the USDA finds satisfactory.
Since March, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been inspecting 100 percent of all meat products arriving in the United States from Brazil. FSIS has refused entry to 11 percent of Brazilian fresh beef products. That figure is substantially higher than the rejection rate of one percent of shipments from the rest of the world. Since implementation of the increased inspection, FSIS has refused entry to 106 lots (approximately 1.9 million pounds) of Brazilian beef products due to public health concerns, sanitary conditions, and animal health issues. It is important to note that none of the rejected lots made it into the U.S. market.
The Brazilian government had pledged to address those concerns, including by self-suspending five facilities from shipping beef to the United States. Today’s action to suspend all fresh beef shipments from Brazil supersedes the self-suspension.
Secretary Perdue issued the following statement:
“Ensuring the safety of our nation’s food supply is one of our critical missions, and it’s one we undertake with great seriousness. Although international trade is an important part of what we do at USDA, and Brazil has long been one of our partners, my first priority is to protect American consumers. That’s what we’ve done by halting the import of Brazilian fresh beef. I commend the work of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for painstakingly safeguarding the food we serve our families.”
Iowa State’s Monte Morris is now a member of the Denver Nuggets. Morris was selected in the second round with the 51st pick in the 2017 draft.
The Flint, Michigan native was an All-American for the Cyclones as a senior when he averaged 16.5 points per game. He is the NCAA all-time single-season and career leader in assist to turnover ratio.
Morris is the 38th former Cyclone to be drafted. Iowa State has had 11 players drafted since the Big 12 Conference was formed in 1996. This is the second consecutive year a Cyclone has been taken in the second round after Georges Niang was selected by the Indiana Pacers last year.
Glenwood 7, Atlantic 0
AHSTW, Avoca 3, Missouri Valley 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Alta/Aurelia 7
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 10, Spirit Lake 2
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 8, Spirit Lake 5 (6 innings darkness)
Denison-Schleswig 12, Red Oak 1 (final 5 innings)
Lewis Central 5, Clarinda 2
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 7, Ridge View 5
Martensdale-St. Marys 4, Interstate 35, Truro 0
Mount Ayr 20, Bedford 4 (5 innings)
Ogden 11, ACGC 1
Ogden 4, ACGC 1
Orient-Macksburg 12, Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 5
Red Oak 5, Denison-Schleswig 4
Treynor 10, Audubon 3 (called in top of 7th due to lightning)
Underwood 15, Riverside, Oakland 0 (5 innings)
West Monona, Onawa 24, Whiting 9
Woodbine 10, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 0
Woodward-Granger 15, West Central Valley, Stuart 5 (5 innings)
Woodward-Granger 20, West Central Valley, Stuart 3 (4 innings)
Atlantic 7, Glenwood 3
Atlantic 9, Glenwood 2
AHSTW 7, Missouri Valley 5
Carroll 5, Storm Lake 2
Creston 14, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1
Creston 18, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Denison-Schleswig 8, Red Oak 5
East Sac County 10, AR-WE-VA, Westside 2
Fremont-Mills 11, Essex 10
Lawton-Bronson 12, OA-BCIG 2
Lenox 9, Southwest Valley 6
Logan-Magnolia 8, IKM-Manning 6
Martensdale-St Marys 6, Interstate 35, Truro 4
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 5, Orient-Macksburg 2
Ogden 5, ACGC 2
Ogden 8, ACGC 0
Ridge View 7, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 3
Sidney 10, Fremont-Mills 2
Sidney 9, Stanton 5
Stanton 9, East Mills 8
Treynor 9, Audubon 1
Tri-Center, Neola 9, Griswold 8
West Harrison 10, Charter Oak-Ute 0
Westwood, Sloan 4, Woodbury Central 0
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Sean Wymer struck out national player of the year Brendan McKay in two key situations while pitching 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief, and TCU was on the right side of two close plays in a 4-3 win over Louisville in a College World Series elimination game Thursday night.
The Horned Frogs (49-17) jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead, with one of their runs coming on a play at the plate that withstood a video review. Wymer (6-4) limited the Cardinals (53-12) to two hits after they had pulled within a run on McKay’s 18th homer of the year and Logan Taylor’s first homer in 123 games.
McKay came up two more times with chances to tie the game or give Louisville the lead, but Wymer struck him out to end the fifth and eighth innings. Louisville coach Dan McDonnell was ejected in the eighth for arguing a call at second base.
TCU, which took a 4-0 lead in the second inning against Nick Bennett (5-1), advances to the Bracket 2 final needing to beat Florida on Friday night and again Saturday to reach the best-of-three championship series for the first time.
Skyscan Forecast Friday, June 23, 2017 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy. Cooler. NW @ 15-25. High 76.
Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. Diminishing winds. Low 49.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. NW @ 10-15. High 76.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 76.
Monday: Partly cloudy. High 78.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, Freddy Galvis and Tommy Joseph homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Thursday to stop a five-game losing streak.
Joseph drove in three runs as Philadelphia, a major league-worst 23-48, won for just the second time in 15 games. Nola (4-5) allowed one run, four hits and two walks in 7 1/3 innings and struck out eight.
Paul DeJong homered on a hanging curveball leading off the eighth, pulling the Cardinals to 3-1, and Matt Carpenter walked with one out. Pat Neshek relieved and got Tommy Pham to ground into an inning-ending double play, and Luis Garcia followed with a perfect ninth.
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