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Asia Pacific

Asia-Pacific leaders call for massive efforts to improve food safety
Representatives of 36 Asia-Pacific countries and territories called for urgent action to prevent food-borne diseases this week, as they met for a four-day conference in Malaysia.

Pork Preference Grows
Japanese are eating less beef and chicken and more pork.

EU prices for Australian beef to rise
Australian cattle producers who grow beef for the European Union should see prices rise in coming weeks, as exporters rush to fill quotas before the end of the financial year.

Americas

Canadian beef consumption up, pork consumption down
Despite the fact that dozens of countries boycotted Canadian beef after the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy last year, domestic consumption rose 5 percent compared to 2002 levels.

Beef Source Mystery
Beef that was imported from Canada into the United States may not have originated in Canada.

USA

THE VOCAL POINT: Bad week for beef, as USDA, scientists serve up more spin
If you're in the beef business — or associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture — this wasn't a week to remember.

U.S. Agricultural Exports Forecast to be a Record $61.5 Billion in FY 2004
The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised forecast of agricultural exports for fiscal year 2004 shows sales of $61.5 billion, an increase of $5.3 billion over the previous year.

Asia Pacific

Asia-Pacific leaders call for massive efforts to improve food safety
Representatives of 36 Asia-Pacific countries and territories called for urgent action to prevent food-borne diseases this week, as they met for a four-day conference in Malaysia.

Pork Preference Grows
Japanese are eating less beef and chicken and more pork.

EU prices for Australian beef to rise
Australian cattle producers who grow beef for the European Union should see prices rise in coming weeks, as exporters rush to fill quotas before the end of the financial year.

Americas

Canadian beef consumption up, pork consumption down
Despite the fact that dozens of countries boycotted Canadian beef after the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy last year, domestic consumption rose 5 percent compared to 2002 levels.

Beef Source Mystery
Beef that was imported from Canada into the United States may not have originated in Canada.

USA

THE VOCAL POINT: Bad week for beef, as USDA, scientists serve up more spin
If you're in the beef business — or associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture — this wasn't a week to remember.

U.S. Agricultural Exports Forecast to be a Record $61.5 Billion in FY 2004
The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised forecast of agricultural exports for fiscal year 2004 shows sales of $61.5 billion, an increase of $5.3 billion over the previous year.