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Asia Pacific
Foods Safety Committee for Japan
Japanese government to set up committee to look into food safety issues.
Backing for Meat and Wool Group
Farmers want more of the same, says Meat New Zealand.
Beef Boost in Korea
Queensland seeks beef export opportunities in South Korea.
Boost to TB Programmed
Government provides $2.34 million to keep Australia's cattle TB-free.
Japan on Friday enacted legislation on basic policies to secure food safety for consumers and better cope with emergency situations, Kyodo News reported.
Europe
Dakota Beef readies push to sell organic beef to European Union
The Dakota Beef Company announced the signing Thursday (May 15) of an exclusive commercial agreement with the Canadian Organic Livestock Association (COLA) to provide a steady supply of certified organic beef to the European Union.
Beef Is Tops
Roast beef comes top in a British television survey of favorite lunchtime meals.
USA
US farm groups ask Bush to attack Mexico trade wall
American farm groups urged the Bush administration on Friday to stop the growing number of trade barriers Mexico has imposed or is threatening to impose against their products.
LMA Objects to Seeking Confidential Information About Pork Checkoff Funds
The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) is objecting “in the strongest possible terms” to a USDA proposal to require marketing businesses to provide the agency with confidential information about customers who've paid the pork checkoff.
USDA Offers Faster Internet Access
Agency to invest $20 million in grants for higher speed access to rural communities.
Senators ask Veneman to extend lamb payments
A bipartisan coalition of 22 U.S. senators have sent in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman asking for a one year extension of the lamb payment program, or LMAAP.
AMI conferences probe global markets, consumer trends
The American Meat Institute will feature three educational conferences in public policy, international finance and business and marketing at AMI's International Meat, Poultry & Seafood Exposition, part of the Worldwide Food Expo 2003, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2003, in Chicago.
Asia Pacific
Foods Safety Committee for Japan
Japanese government to set up committee to look into food safety issues.
Backing for Meat and Wool Group
Farmers want more of the same, says Meat New Zealand.
Beef Boost in Korea
Queensland seeks beef export opportunities in South Korea.
Boost to TB Programmed
Government provides $2.34 million to keep Australia's cattle TB-free.
Japan on Friday enacted legislation on basic policies to secure food safety for consumers and better cope with emergency situations, Kyodo News reported.
Europe
Dakota Beef readies push to sell organic beef to European Union
The Dakota Beef Company announced the signing Thursday (May 15) of an exclusive commercial agreement with the Canadian Organic Livestock Association (COLA) to provide a steady supply of certified organic beef to the European Union.
Beef Is Tops
Roast beef comes top in a British television survey of favorite lunchtime meals.
USA
US farm groups ask Bush to attack Mexico trade wall
American farm groups urged the Bush administration on Friday to stop the growing number of trade barriers Mexico has imposed or is threatening to impose against their products.
LMA Objects to Seeking Confidential Information About Pork Checkoff Funds
The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) is objecting “in the strongest possible terms” to a USDA proposal to require marketing businesses to provide the agency with confidential information about customers who’ve paid the pork checkoff.
USDA Offers Faster Internet Access
Agency to invest $20 million in grants for higher speed access to rural communities.
Senators ask Veneman to extend lamb payments
A bipartisan coalition of 22 U.S. senators have sent in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman asking for a one year extension of the lamb payment program, or LMAAP.
AMI conferences probe global markets, consumer trends
The American Meat Institute will feature three educational conferences in public policy, international finance and business and marketing at AMI's International Meat, Poultry & Seafood Exposition, part of the Worldwide Food Expo 2003, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2003, in Chicago.