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Asia Pacific
China Needs to Improve Market Access
While U.S. beef trade with China has increased sharply since China joined the World Trade Organization, trade impediments still hamper the full development and potential of that market.
BSE Research Centre
Japanese set up centre to look into BSE and scrapie.
Japan trade deal not realistic - professor
A free trade deal with Japan is not a realistic option, according to the head of the Australia Japan
Japan: Gov't to Form Advisory Panel to Fix Meat Distribution System
Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe said Friday his ministry will set up an advisory panel to discuss ways to alleviate consumer distrust of the meat industry and the ministry itself following a series of false labeling scandals.
Americas
Canada: Food Industry Using Sophisticated Methods to Boost Consumer Confidence
Sophisticated technology that traces meat products "through every link in the chain" could be one answer to regaining consumer confidence wilted from recent tainted-food scares, the head of a leading food manufacturer said Thursday.
Europe
France lifts embargo on British beef
France finally caved in today and admitted British beef was safe to eat - six years after banning UK imports.
Up to 7,000 may have caught CJD and not know it
One in 8,000 people in Britain may be carrying the agent responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, experts have found.
French Agency Recommends to Government Lifting Seven-Year Ban on U.K. Beef
France's food safety agency said U.K. beef is now as safe as French beef, pointing to the end of a seven-year ban imposed amid concern British beef potentially infected by ``mad cow' disease could cause of human deaths.
Anger at Broken BSE Rules
British farmers hits out at contaminated beef imports.
EU's European Food Safety Authority Starts Work, But Still Has No Home, No Executive Director
The European Union's new European Food Safety Authority started work Wednesday despite the lack of a permanent headquarters or an executive director.
USA
Pork Board sets variety meats export workshop at Iowa State in October
Smaller packers and processors, including custom processors and those who serve pork niche marketers, have an opportunity to learn about exporting pork variety meats at a workshop sponsored by the National Pork Board.
Group pays $1.4 billion for ConAgra Beef
Dallas investment group said Thursday that it and a partner have completed the $1.4 billion purchase of Greeley-based ConAgra Beef Co.
Value of Ag Exports Thru July 2002 $45.2 Billion
USDA reports ag exports worth $45.2 billion from October 2001 to July 2002 are almost $900 million higher than the corresponding value in fiscal 2001.
U.S. ranchers accept imports of Uruguayan beef
An association of U.S. ranchers have informed the U.S. Agriculture Department that it will not oppose the imports to the United States of Uruguyan beef following the eradication of hoof-and-mouth disease, Deputy Minister of Livestock Martin Aguirrezabala has announced.
New Beef Products Approved for Mark of Quality
Six new beef products have been accepted for use of the beef industry's checkoff-funded Mark of Quality. The products were approved, pending necessary packaging or product alterations, during an August Joint Brand-Like Commission meeting in Chicago.
Veneman Announces $752 Million Aid Package
USDA drought aid for livestock producers takes stage with larger congressional aid plan.
Recipes Just a Click Away
PrairieFresh.com Web site offers consumers pork recipes and cooking tips.
ConAgra fresh pork, beef sale a done deal
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. and Booth Creek Management Corp. have completed their previously announced $1.4 billion acquisition of the fresh beef and pork processing business of ConAgra Foods Inc.
Dan Glickman joins board of organic beef pioneer
Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, who is currently director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has joined the board of directors of Green Circle Organics LLC, a producer of premium organic beef products based in Washington, Va.