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Asia Pacific

Japan institute to study BSE, seeks new test method
TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - A Japanese research institute said on Wednesday it would begin a study on the mechanism of how mad cow disease occurs, which it also hopes will help in developing more sophisticated methods to detect the illness.

Americas

UPDATE 1-Canada reviews U.S. court ruling on ground beef
OTTAWA, April 27 (Reuters) - Canada plans to complain to U.S. President George W. Bush about a U.S. court ruling that blocks imports of Canadian ground beef and beef on the bone, Canadian Agriculture Minister Bob Speller said on Tuesday.

Europe

Report Targets Imports
A British report is critical of poor sanitation standards of pork imports.

USA

UPDATE 1-U.S. beef exports to fall 83 pct in 2004-Veneman
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. beef exports this year will fall 83 percent below 2003 levels as a number of countries continue to ban shipments due to concerns over mad cow disease, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said on Wednesday.

NCBA Encouraged by U.S./Japan Beef Talks
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) president Jan Lyons, has released the following statement regarding talks between U.S. and Japanese officials regarding beef trade:

Judge sides with R-CALF, halts import of Canadian bone-in beef
A federal judge in Montana has ordered a temporarily halt to the shipment of bone-in cuts of meat to the United States from Canada, agreeing with the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, which argued the Agriculture Department decision to allow more beef across the border puts the health of U.S. consumers at risk.

Veneman Announces Framework And Funding For National Animal Identification System
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced the framework for implementation of a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) designed to identify any agricultural premise exposed to a foreign animal disease so that it can be more quickly contained and eradicated.

Asia Pacific

Japan institute to study BSE, seeks new test method
TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - A Japanese research institute said on Wednesday it would begin a study on the mechanism of how mad cow disease occurs, which it also hopes will help in developing more sophisticated methods to detect the illness.

Americas

UPDATE 1-Canada reviews U.S. court ruling on ground beef
OTTAWA, April 27 (Reuters) - Canada plans to complain to U.S. President George W. Bush about a U.S. court ruling that blocks imports of Canadian ground beef and beef on the bone, Canadian Agriculture Minister Bob Speller said on Tuesday.

Europe

Report Targets Imports
A British report is critical of poor sanitation standards of pork imports.

USA

UPDATE 1-U.S. beef exports to fall 83 pct in 2004-Veneman
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. beef exports this year will fall 83 percent below 2003 levels as a number of countries continue to ban shipments due to concerns over mad cow disease, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said on Wednesday.

NCBA Encouraged by U.S./Japan Beef Talks
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) president Jan Lyons, has released the following statement regarding talks between U.S. and Japanese officials regarding beef trade:

Judge sides with R-CALF, halts import of Canadian bone-in beef
A federal judge in Montana has ordered a temporarily halt to the shipment of bone-in cuts of meat to the United States from Canada, agreeing with the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, which argued the Agriculture Department decision to allow more beef across the border puts the health of U.S. consumers at risk.

Veneman Announces Framework And Funding For National Animal Identification System
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced the framework for implementation of a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) designed to identify any agricultural premise exposed to a foreign animal disease so that it can be more quickly contained and eradicated.