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Asia Pacific

 

Attache: Rising Beef Prices To Impact Hong Kong Imports
The U.S. ag attaché in Hong Kong says due to the anticipated increase in the price of U.S. beef, exports to Hong Kong are expected to remain flat.

 

ABARE: Large Ag Tariff Cuts in the WTO Needed
The executive director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Brian Fisher, said in order for Australian farmers to benefit from the World Trade Organization (WTO), large cuts in tariffs are needed.

 

Americas

 

Attache: Argentina Beef Sector Recovering
The U.S. ag attaché in Argentina says the country's beef sector is recovering from the Foot and Mouth disease crisis of 2001.

 

Puerto Rican Firm Expands Pork Recall Due to Listeria

US company, J.M. Packing, trading as Cash & Carry Inc., a Ponce, Puerto Rico, company, is expanding a recall to include 590 pounds of fresh, ready-to-eat pork shoulder that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

 

Europe

 

Russia Temporarily Stops Meat Imports
Russia has temporarily halted all meat imports, requiring importers to apply for new licenses, the latest in a series of trade restrictions that have drawn the ire of Russia's trading partners. American trade-industry officials said they were disappointed in the announcement. Russian Chief Veterinary Inspector Mikhail Kravchuck urged importers to "urgently renew their licenses," but Albert Daleyev, head of the U.S. Poultry and Egg Council, said the directive should not cause undo concern. World Trade Organization states told Russia that recently imposed restrictions on meat imports could harm negotiations for its entry into the trade body. The officials said criticism derived from the United States, the European Union and Australia.

 

More Cattle Slaughtered in Province
Total commercial cattle slaughtering in Northern Ireland during 2002, at 408,000 head, were just one per cent above the 2001 level, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission.

 

Egypt says may seek more US farm export credits
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Egyptian Trade Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said on Wednesday his country wanted more U.S. farm products and may seek additional U.S. export credits to achieve this.

 

USA

 

'New Environmentalism' Needed, Norton Tells Cattlemen
A "new environmentalism" is needed to help empower people "to take conservation into their own hands," U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton told cattlemen at a meeting of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Saturday afternoon.  The Stakeholders meeting was held as part of the 2003 Cattle Industry Annual Convention & Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 29 to Feb. 1.

 

UPDATE 1-US biotech researchers careless with 386 pigs -FDA

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Nearly 400 pigs used in U.S. bioengineering research may have entered the food supply because they were sold to a livestock dealer instead of being destroyed, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.