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Japan to ease BSE test Aug 1
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry revised a bylaw Friday to ease Japan's blanket testing of cows for mad cow disease starting Aug. 1, ministry official said.
Australian authorities investigating suspected piglet disease
Australia's Agriculture Department is investigating two suspected cases of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in piglets in South Australia and New South Wales. Results of the investigation are expected by early next week.
Americas
Agriculture ministers plan for contingencies in advance of BSE court hearings
As a series of impending U.S. court dates casts Canadian beef exports once more into question, provincial and federal agriculture ministers gathered Wednesday to devise worst-case scenario plans.
Canada urges Japan to resume Canadian beef imports
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin urged Japan to resume imports of Canadian beef that were banned after an outbreak of mad cow disease in Canada two years ago, Japan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Canada to fine those who violate BSE safeguards
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced yesterday that it will implement new monetary penalties to reinforce its system of safeguards to prevent the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
Europe
New EU guidelines good news for beef exports
New guidelines to be released by the quarantine service mean that it will soon be easier to produce beef for the EU market.
Hopes for farm reforms
The European Commission has welcomed the apparent willingness shown by US President George W. Bush to overhaul US agricultural subsidies.
USA
Nine countries restrict U.S. beef
Panama today became the ninth country to ban or restrict U.S. beef since the U.S. confirmed its second case of mad-cow disease on June 24, the Agriculture Department said.
Hog buyers seeing a cash market recovery this week
Cash hogs are called to open steady to $0.50 higher with futures 20-40 higher. Hog buyers should be willing to throw another log on the fire this morning, further stoking the cash market recovery started on Tuesday.
New hog plant slated for city
The long-term future of Mitchell's Gourmet Foods and its 1,500-plus jobs in the city will be assured today, when parent company Maple Leaf Foods Inc. announces a new multi-million-dollar hog slaughter and fresh pork-processing plant in the north end.
Japan to ease BSE test Aug 1
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry revised a bylaw Friday to ease Japan's blanket testing of cows for mad cow disease starting Aug. 1, ministry official said.
Australian authorities investigating suspected piglet disease
Australia's Agriculture Department is investigating two suspected cases of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in piglets in South Australia and New South Wales. Results of the investigation are expected by early next week.
Americas
Agriculture ministers plan for contingencies in advance of BSE court hearings
As a series of impending U.S. court dates casts Canadian beef exports once more into question, provincial and federal agriculture ministers gathered Wednesday to devise worst-case scenario plans.
Canada urges Japan to resume Canadian beef imports
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin urged Japan to resume imports of Canadian beef that were banned after an outbreak of mad cow disease in Canada two years ago, Japan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Canada to fine those who violate BSE safeguards
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced yesterday that it will implement new monetary penalties to reinforce its system of safeguards to prevent the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
Europe
New EU guidelines good news for beef exports
New guidelines to be released by the quarantine service mean that it will soon be easier to produce beef for the EU market.
Hopes for farm reforms
The European Commission has welcomed the apparent willingness shown by US President George W. Bush to overhaul US agricultural subsidies.
USA
Nine countries restrict U.S. beef
Panama today became the ninth country to ban or restrict U.S. beef since the U.S. confirmed its second case of mad-cow disease on June 24, the Agriculture Department said.
Hog buyers seeing a cash market recovery this week
Cash hogs are called to open steady to $0.50 higher with futures 20-40 higher. Hog buyers should be willing to throw another log on the fire this morning, further stoking the cash market recovery started on Tuesday.
New hog plant slated for city
The long-term future of Mitchell's Gourmet Foods and its 1,500-plus jobs in the city will be assured today, when parent company Maple Leaf Foods Inc. announces a new multi-million-dollar hog slaughter and fresh pork-processing plant in the north end.