Asia Pacific | Beef Labeling ConcernsAustralian agriculture ministry takes ac...

Asia Pacific

Beef Labeling Concerns
Australian agriculture ministry takes action to protect its lucrative beef industry.

Cattle market continues growth
The cattle market continues to show positive signs, with a record price paid for a red Brahman bull at the first stud sale of the year at Charters Towers, in Queensland

Pork producers seek anti-dumping measures
Pork producers are calling on the Federal Government to investigate anti-dumping measures to protect the Australian industry from a surge of cheap pig meat imports from Europe

Americas

Canadian DNA to fingerprint pork from farm to table
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Canada's largest hog producer and processor on Tuesday launched a system that can trace back a pork loin on a Japanese meat counter to the farm where the hog was born, and said the system could one day be extended to trace beef and other meat.

USA

FDA Announces New Rules for Feed To Strengthen BSE Protections
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced updated rules regarding animal feed and human food to strengthen significantly the multiple existing firewalls that protect Americans from exposure to the agent thought to cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Third-Generation BSE Firewalls
U.S. regulatory agency adds another layer of regulations to reduce the risk of additional cases of BSE infection.

Hog boards prepare for possible checkoff money loss
If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the mandatory national pork checkoff as unconstitutional, hog farmers want to be ready.

USDA speeds cattle ID system
The next time there is a food scare like last month's discovery of mad cow disease, the investigation could go a lot quicker.

Asia Pacific

Beef Labeling Concerns
Australian agriculture ministry takes action to protect its lucrative beef industry.

Cattle market continues growth
The cattle market continues to show positive signs, with a record price paid for a red Brahman bull at the first stud sale of the year at Charters Towers, in Queensland

Pork producers seek anti-dumping measures
Pork producers are calling on the Federal Government to investigate anti-dumping measures to protect the Australian industry from a surge of cheap pig meat imports from Europe

Americas

Canadian DNA to fingerprint pork from farm to table
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Canada's largest hog producer and processor on Tuesday launched a system that can trace back a pork loin on a Japanese meat counter to the farm where the hog was born, and said the system could one day be extended to trace beef and other meat.

USA

FDA Announces New Rules for Feed To Strengthen BSE Protections
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced updated rules regarding animal feed and human food to strengthen significantly the multiple existing firewalls that protect Americans from exposure to the agent thought to cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Third-Generation BSE Firewalls
U.S. regulatory agency adds another layer of regulations to reduce the risk of additional cases of BSE infection.

Hog boards prepare for possible checkoff money loss
If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the mandatory national pork checkoff as unconstitutional, hog farmers want to be ready.

USDA speeds cattle ID system
The next time there is a food scare like last month's discovery of mad cow disease, the investigation could go a lot quicker.