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Asia Pacific

 

Japanese Farm Ministry accuses meatpackers of fraud in mad cow case
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The Japanese farm ministry filed an official complaint accusing three former Nippon Meat Packers executives of fraud, according to news reports.

 

Europe

 

First beef since F&M ready for export
The first beef to be exported from the UK since the beginning of the foot-and-mouth crisis in February 2001 was today stamped ready for shipping, the Welsh Assembly has revealed.

 

Britain finds BSE risk material in German beef
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - British inspectors have discovered that some beef imported from Germany breached rules designed to fight the spread of mad cow disease and its equivalent in humans, officials said.

 

EU sets list of products for retaliation against U.S. in trade case
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The European Commission last week published a list of U.S. food products -- including live animals, raw hides, skins and leathers, animal by-products, meat and edible offal -- plus toys, clothes, steel, nuclear reactor parts and other goods that could be hit with trade war retaliation, according to a news release.

 

Americas

 

Exporters sell 112,500 T U.S. wheat to Mexico-USDA
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Private exporters reported the sale of 112,500 tonnes of U.S. hard red winter wheat to Mexico for delivery during the 2002/03 marketing year, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.

 

USA

 

Veneman- Farm Bill Implementation Process 'In Place'
Opening her remarks to the Senate Ag Committee on the implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill, Ag Secretary Ann Veneman said the process is on schedule and producers will receive their direct and counter-cyclical payments on time.

 

Amit K. Sachdev Appointed FDA's Senior Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs
Dr. Lester M. Crawford, FDA Deputy Commissioner, today announced the appointment of Mr. Amit K. Sachdev as FDA's Senior Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs.

 

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Oprah
A federal judge has dismissed a lingering lawsuit that accused Oprah Winfrey of violating Texas' ``veggie libel' law by maligning the beef industry.

 

PETA's "Got Beer-" revived
In vogue with its efforts to curb dairy consumption across the country, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is once again advertising its "got beer?" campaign.

 

Inspectors Allow Reopening of Omaha, Neb., Beef Plant
Federal inspectors permitted cattle slaughtering to resume Monday at Nebraska Beef Ltd. in Omaha, ending a shutdown due to lax quality controls.

 

CORRECTED-U.S. ag sec'y Veneman has treatable breast cancer
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said on Wednesday she has a "very early and treatable form of cancer" and expects a full recovery.

 

Pork Checkoff Honors Producers
Award recognizes manure management and financial management, farm aesthetics and neighbor relations, wildlife habitat and innovative ideas.