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Asia Pacific
Japanese mayor resigns over beef buyback fraud
The mayor of a city in Japan's Osaka Prefecture resigned over his role in ordering a community official to falsify an official document in connection with the government beef buyback fraud, the Daily Yomiuri reported.
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Imported Australian beef is a favorite among Japanese consumers.
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USA
North Dakota State University looking for beef plant site
North Dakota State University has raised a third of the private funds needed to build a beef processing plant and research center, but the university hasn't chosen a site for it, the Associated Press reported.
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A major U.S. pork processor teams with a natural pork company to boost sales and expand product lines.
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Asia Pacific
Japanese mayor resigns over beef buyback fraud
The mayor of a city in Japan's Osaka Prefecture resigned over his role in ordering a community official to falsify an official document in connection with the government beef buyback fraud, the Daily Yomiuri reported.
Branded Beef Successful
Imported Australian beef is a favorite among Japanese consumers.
Americas
BSE Crisis to be Dominant Theme at World Meat Congress
Organizers of a major international meat conference hope this week's event brings Canada's beleaguered cattle producers one step closer to normal trade with the United States.
Europe
FMD Drill Completed
Northern Ireland tests foot and mouth disease contingency plans with a simulated infection situation.
European beef producers use Brisbane company for DNA tests
A Brisbane company has struck a deal to supply its DNA tests for beef marbling and tenderness to European cattle producers
USA
North Dakota State University looking for beef plant site
North Dakota State University has raised a third of the private funds needed to build a beef processing plant and research center, but the university hasn't chosen a site for it, the Associated Press reported.
Pork Partnership
A major U.S. pork processor teams with a natural pork company to boost sales and expand product lines.
Livestock Update: Mad-Cow Tests Worry Beef Industry
The possibility that a massive new U.S. cattle- testing effort may produce more discoveries of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, has the U.S. beef sector concerned that months of negotiations to reopen export markets may be set back.