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Asia Pacific
Japan confirms 14th mad cow case
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan confirmed its 14th case of mad cow disease Thursday after a Holstein cow tested positive for the brain-wasting illness, a government official said.
US beef export quota likely to be filled
Australia looks like to fill its entire quota for beef exports to the United States, despite earlier industry predictions that we'd fall short
JAPAN: Daiei seeks help from IRCJ
Japanese retailer Daiei has given into pressure from its creditors by opting to request help from the state-backed Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan
Japan inches toward end of universal BSE testing
The Japanese government appears to favor a gradual end of universal testing of cattle for BSE, but the ban will remain on cattle over 20 months of age and easing of the testing requirements will not occur before the spring of 2005, the Japan Times reported yesterday.
Australian lamb and beef suppliers tied in Chinese knots
Australia's lamb market is in a slump due to a boycott of the Saudi Arabian market and increased competition from China, the only country in the world with a larger herd, at 130 million, than Australia's, which numbers 115 million..
Americas
Brazilian beef exports continue upward trend
Although flat compared to August, at $241.7 million dollars, September beef exports from Brazil were up 67 percent from a year ago, the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (Abiec) said. Exports were affected by a Russian embargo, the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims worldwide fast, and shipping problems.
Europe
EU: EU bans export of live cattle, goats, sheep from south Spain
The European Commission has said that the bluetongue surveillance system has detected the circulation of the bluetongue virus in a number of sentinel cattle in south Spain, in the Municipality of Jimena de la Frontera in the Province of Cadiz, on 13 October.
MEAT DEAL PURSUED
Russia and the United States are working to agree on beef, pork, and poultry imports.
FOOD SAFETY TOOL
European food panel approves an antimicrobial for meat and other foods.
EXPORTS BOOSTED
The British red meat sector is given a high profile at a series of marketing events.
USA
Antibiotic use in animals declining
A new survey of animal health companies by the Animal Health Institute indicates that the volume of antibiotics used in U.S. livestock dropped nearly 8 percent in 2003, suggesting that producers are using the products with greater discretion.
FSIS posts Q&A regarding post-lethality exposed RTE products
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a Questions and Answers document (Q&A) to provide additional guidance regarding the Production Information on Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Products (Form 10,240-1) affecting establishments that produce RTE products. This Q&A supplements 9 CFR 430.4(d), which states that "..an establishment that produces post-lethality exposed RTE product shall provide FSIS .. with estimates of annual production volume and related information for the types of meat and poultry products processed..." in accordance with that section.
BACTERIA BIOSENSOR
Researchers develop a device to quickly detect deadly pathogens in meat products.
Asia Pacific
Japan confirms 14th mad cow case
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan confirmed its 14th case of mad cow disease Thursday after a Holstein cow tested positive for the brain-wasting illness, a government official said.
US beef export quota likely to be filled
Australia looks like to fill its entire quota for beef exports to the United States, despite earlier industry predictions that we'd fall short
JAPAN: Daiei seeks help from IRCJ
Japanese retailer Daiei has given into pressure from its creditors by opting to request help from the state-backed Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan
Japan inches toward end of universal BSE testing
The Japanese government appears to favor a gradual end of universal testing of cattle for BSE, but the ban will remain on cattle over 20 months of age and easing of the testing requirements will not occur before the spring of 2005, the Japan Times reported yesterday.
Australian lamb and beef suppliers tied in Chinese knots
Australia's lamb market is in a slump due to a boycott of the Saudi Arabian market and increased competition from China, the only country in the world with a larger herd, at 130 million, than Australia's, which numbers 115 million..
Americas
Brazilian beef exports continue upward trend
Although flat compared to August, at $241.7 million dollars, September beef exports from Brazil were up 67 percent from a year ago, the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (Abiec) said. Exports were affected by a Russian embargo, the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims worldwide fast, and shipping problems.
Europe
EU: EU bans export of live cattle, goats, sheep from south Spain
The European Commission has said that the bluetongue surveillance system has detected the circulation of the bluetongue virus in a number of sentinel cattle in south Spain, in the Municipality of Jimena de la Frontera in the Province of Cadiz, on 13 October.
MEAT DEAL PURSUED
Russia and the United States are working to agree on beef, pork, and poultry imports.
FOOD SAFETY TOOL
European food panel approves an antimicrobial for meat and other foods.
EXPORTS BOOSTED
The British red meat sector is given a high profile at a series of marketing events.
USA
Antibiotic use in animals declining
A new survey of animal health companies by the Animal Health Institute indicates that the volume of antibiotics used in U.S. livestock dropped nearly 8 percent in 2003, suggesting that producers are using the products with greater discretion.
FSIS posts Q&A regarding post-lethality exposed RTE products
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a Questions and Answers document (Q&A) to provide additional guidance regarding the Production Information on Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Products (Form 10,240-1) affecting establishments that produce RTE products. This Q&A supplements 9 CFR 430.4(d), which states that "..an establishment that produces post-lethality exposed RTE product shall provide FSIS .. with estimates of annual production volume and related information for the types of meat and poultry products processed..." in accordance with that section.
BACTERIA BIOSENSOR
Researchers develop a device to quickly detect deadly pathogens in meat products.