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China Suspends Imports Of Cattle
China has suspended all imports of Australian cattle following an incident at the Victorian port of

 

Exporters cancel U.S. soybean sale to China - USDA
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Private exporters reported the cancellation of sales of 112,000 tones of U.S. soybeans to China for 2002/03 delivery, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.

 

Beef Labeling Guidelines
Japanese processors given rules on beef labeling after scandals rock the industry.

 

China Suspends Australian Dairy Cattle Imports
China has suspended all imports of Australian dairy cattle following an incident at a port in the state of Victoria

 

Europe

 

British Beef Heads for Paris
Welcome for the lifting of the French ban on British beef, but calls remain for action against France.

 

BSE Controls Broken
12th case of spinal cord found in German beef imported into the UK.

 

USA

 

Cargill Expands Beef Recall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. expanded its voluntary recall of beef products to 2.8 million pounds due to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 56 people in the Midwest, the U.S. Agriculture Department said late Wednesday. Milwaukee-based Emmpak Foods, doing business as Peck Meats, expanded last month's recall of 400,000 pounds of ground beef. Excel, a unit of privately held Cargill, purchased Emmpak Foods in August 2001.

 

USDA closes Cargill meat plant due to E.coli
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department shut down a Cargill beef plant in Wisconsin due to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 56 people in the Midwest, a company spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.

 

Pacific longshoremen's strike puts meat export in jeopardy, USMEF says
If it continues long term, the longshoremen's labor dispute on the West Coast could have "a lasting effect on the nation's meat trade with the Pacific Rim," according to a high-ranking official with the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

 

Dockers Knocked
US meat groups fear a prolonged West Coast dock workers strike will hurt meat exports.