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Asia Pacific
Japan Extends Beef Trade Deadline to Sept. 1
According to David Hegwood, special trade adviser to USDA, Japan has agreed to extend its deadline requiring U.S. certification that beef exports are free of Canadian product to Sept. 1.
MLA Delegation Lobbies for Trade Reform
Australian meat industry representatives call on Europe to relax subsidies and ease trade.
Japan Extends Import Rules Deadline
Japanese authorities have extended the deadline for country of origin labeling on US beef imports following Canadian BSE case.
Vanclief Warns Japan Over Mad Cow Inspection, Import Demands
Japan should be careful what it wishes for when it demands assurances that beef imports from the United States contain no meat from Canadian cattle, said federal agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief
Americas
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein says U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney is sympathetic to Canada's mad cow crisis but there were no assurances today that a beef ban costing millions a day will be lifted.
Experts to Tell Canada to Ban Cattle Brains
International experts may recommend Canada develop ways to keep the brains and spines of cattle out of the meat processing system and from being rendered into animal feed, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said on Wednesday.
Europe
2WTO chief says EU farm deal to help trade talks
World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Supachai Panitchpakdi on Thursday welcomed a European Union deal on farm reform, saying it should give a boost to troubled global trade talks.
EU farm ministers shake up livestock sector
European Union farm chief Franz Fischler succeeded in pushing through his radical revamp of European farming on Thursday, breaking the link between subsidies and production in the livestock sector.
USA
Japan will wait before imposing restrictions on beef imports, USDA says
Japan will wait until September before forcing U.S. beef exporters to label their product to say where it was raised and processed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
Iowa Senator Calls for Mad Cow Report
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin wants the General Accounting Office to investigate whether there's enough being done to prevent mad cow disease from spreading through animal feed.
AMI Hits Out at Country-Of-Origin Labeling
American Meat Institute official urges repeal of law at USDA listening session because it says it has no clear benefits.
Country of origin labeling hits a snag in the US
The idea that meat imported into the United States will have to be labeled with its country of origin may be on the way out.
Asia Pacific
Japan Extends Beef Trade Deadline to Sept. 1
According to David Hegwood, special trade adviser to USDA, Japan has agreed to extend its deadline requiring U.S. certification that beef exports are free of Canadian product to Sept. 1.
MLA Delegation Lobbies for Trade Reform
Australian meat industry representatives call on Europe to relax subsidies and ease trade.
Japan Extends Import Rules Deadline
Japanese authorities have extended the deadline for country of origin labeling on US beef imports following Canadian BSE case.
Vanclief Warns Japan Over Mad Cow Inspection, Import Demands
Japan should be careful what it wishes for when it demands assurances that beef imports from the United States contain no meat from Canadian cattle, said federal agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief
Americas
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein says U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney is sympathetic to Canada's mad cow crisis but there were no assurances today that a beef ban costing millions a day will be lifted.
Experts to Tell Canada to Ban Cattle Brains
International experts may recommend Canada develop ways to keep the brains and spines of cattle out of the meat processing system and from being rendered into animal feed, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said on Wednesday.
Europe
2WTO chief says EU farm deal to help trade talks
World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Supachai Panitchpakdi on Thursday welcomed a European Union deal on farm reform, saying it should give a boost to troubled global trade talks.
EU farm ministers shake up livestock sector
European Union farm chief Franz Fischler succeeded in pushing through his radical revamp of European farming on Thursday, breaking the link between subsidies and production in the livestock sector.
USA
Japan will wait before imposing restrictions on beef imports, USDA says
Japan will wait until September before forcing U.S. beef exporters to label their product to say where it was raised and processed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
Iowa Senator Calls for Mad Cow Report
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin wants the General Accounting Office to investigate whether there's enough being done to prevent mad cow disease from spreading through animal feed.
AMI Hits Out at Country-Of-Origin Labeling
American Meat Institute official urges repeal of law at USDA listening session because it says it has no clear benefits.
Country of origin labeling hits a snag in the US
The idea that meat imported into the United States will have to be labeled with its country of origin may be on the way out.