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Asia Pacific

 

Australia Ships Record Number of Live Sheep, Cattle
Australia is shipping a record number of live cattle and sheep overseas, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has found.

 

Taiwan Talk of Independence Tests Bush's Policy on China, Analysts Say
Taiwan's talk of a referendum on whether to declare independence from China puts President George W. Bush's China-Taiwan policy to a new test, foreign policy experts say. 

 

UPDATE 1-Nippon Meat Packers mislabeled beef-Jiji
TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Imported beef held by a sales unit of Japanese meat-processor Nippon Meat Packers Inc <2282.T> was mixed with domestic beef and labeled as such to qualify for a government buy-back plan, Jiji news agency said on Tuesday

 

Europe and Middle East

 

Saudi Arabia Lifts Pakistan Ban
Exports of sheep and goat meat to restart from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.

 

Call to Get Tough on Illegal Imports
British farmers' union angry over lenient attitude to illegal meat imports.

 

USA

 

ConAgra Beef union under investigation
The union that represents ConAgra Beef production employees is under investigation after workers accused its leaders of quashing dissent and mishandling money.

 

A Vision of Safe Meat
Detecting contamination before it reaches consumers is an important part of keeping the food supply safe. Agricultural Research Service scientists in Athens, Ga., have developed a method and an imaging system to find contaminants on food surfaces.