Christina Macejko joined DVM Newsmagazine as senior editor in May 2008 after 10 years working in newspapers.Most recently, she worked as metro editor of a mid-sized daily in Ohio. Prior to becoming editor, she was a reporter at that paper and another smaller daily newspaper, where she covered government, education, business, courts, crime and features.

 Christina covers a variety of veterinary news subjects and features at DVM, including the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA.) She also is responsible for the veterinary news in several states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In addition to writing the news, she edits the copy written by DVM Newsmagazine staff members and contributing authors.

 She lives in a suburb of Cleveland with her husband, Jay, and their two daughters.

 — The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database (FARAD) will continue to be operational through 2010 after receiving $1 million in funding from Congress. 

While the amount still falls far short of the $2.5 million requested by the AVMA Governmental Relations Division (GRD), FARAD is off the endangered list for the first time in several years. 

The $1 million appropriation is an increase of nearly $200,000 over 2009. 

FARAD was forced to drastically scale back its operation and only was able to remain open in 2008 as a result of last-minute bridge funding from various agencies. 

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Washington-The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database will continue to be operational through 2010.

Congress OKs $1 million to run FARAD in 2010

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