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Government to appeal pork quarantine ruling
The federal government will take an appeal against a judge's ruling on the nation's quarantine system to the full Federal Court.
AU beef value drops in Japan
The wholesale beef market in Japan saw slight falls in chilled prices last week, with both grass-fed and grain-fed beef falling US$0.03 per pound, while offal prices continued to remain strong, Meat and Livestock Australia said.
Americas
U.S., Canada talk of reopening cattle trade
Canada's "beef" about not being able to export cattle to the United States because of mad cow disease has won support from Washington.
Europe
Exports Drop
New Zealand reports a sharp decrease in lamb exports for May.
USA
Mad cow DNA may offer clues to latest U.S. case
DNA from the brain of an aged beef animal could show why there were conflicting results from U.S. mad cow tests and if the disease arose spontaneously, a British expert told Reuters on Friday.
Meat pack employment falling
Employment in the meat packing industry has declined by 7,800 jobs since May 2003, when Canada detected its first case of BSE and the U.S. ceased Canadian cattle imports, according to new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Industry expects BSE positive
On Friday June 10th, the USDA reported that a cow which had mixed test results last fall had recently tested BSE positive from a different analysis. It could take 2 weeks before the BSE infection can be confirmed. Most of the industry is anticipating a positive BSE verification.
NCBA, others blast USDA over scattershot BSE policy
In a Friday meeting with Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Jim McAdams, president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association complained bitterly that USDA's scattershot approach to testing cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy has caused financial losses to cattle farmers that can "never be recovered."
Nervous waiting this week for beef producers
This promises to be a week of nervous waiting for beef producers and cattle-market watchers. The retesting of the U.S. cow sample by the UK lab in Weybridge is on no exact timetable, but sources on both sides of the Atlantic indicate results should be available at least by Friday.
Government to appeal pork quarantine ruling
The federal government will take an appeal against a judge's ruling on the nation's quarantine system to the full Federal Court.
AU beef value drops in Japan
The wholesale beef market in Japan saw slight falls in chilled prices last week, with both grass-fed and grain-fed beef falling US$0.03 per pound, while offal prices continued to remain strong, Meat and Livestock Australia said.
Americas
U.S., Canada talk of reopening cattle trade
Canada's "beef" about not being able to export cattle to the United States because of mad cow disease has won support from Washington.
Europe
Exports Drop
New Zealand reports a sharp decrease in lamb exports for May.
USA
Mad cow DNA may offer clues to latest U.S. case
DNA from the brain of an aged beef animal could show why there were conflicting results from U.S. mad cow tests and if the disease arose spontaneously, a British expert told Reuters on Friday.
Meat pack employment falling
Employment in the meat packing industry has declined by 7,800 jobs since May 2003, when Canada detected its first case of BSE and the U.S. ceased Canadian cattle imports, according to new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Industry expects BSE positive
On Friday June 10th, the USDA reported that a cow which had mixed test results last fall had recently tested BSE positive from a different analysis. It could take 2 weeks before the BSE infection can be confirmed. Most of the industry is anticipating a positive BSE verification.
NCBA, others blast USDA over scattershot BSE policy
In a Friday meeting with Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Jim McAdams, president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association complained bitterly that USDA's scattershot approach to testing cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy has caused financial losses to cattle farmers that can "never be recovered."
Nervous waiting this week for beef producers
This promises to be a week of nervous waiting for beef producers and cattle-market watchers. The retesting of the U.S. cow sample by the UK lab in Weybridge is on no exact timetable, but sources on both sides of the Atlantic indicate results should be available at least by Friday.