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Japan's governing party sends inspection team to U.S. beef
Japan's governing party is sending inspectors to U.S. beef facilities amid Tokyo's ban on the meat, after opposition legislators said some producers in the United States failed to properly inspect shipments, news reports said.

New Zealand doubles beef share in Japan
New Zealand has doubled its share of Japan's beef imports since the North American mad cow disease outbreak.

45 cows in Japan suspected of having mad cow disease
Forty-five cows at a farm in northern Japan are suspected of having mad cow disease and will be destroyed, officials said Thursday.

Australian beef exports to Japan sets eecord in 2005
Japanese imports of Australian beef during 2005 reached a record 411,442 metric tons--a four percent increase over the previous year and the fifth consecutive yearly increase, according to figures released by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

China bans pork from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany over dioxin
China has imposed a temporary ban on pork imports from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany over a dioxin scare in the three European countries, state media said.

Americas

Brazil bans Argentine beef
Brazil decided to ban the import of Argentine beef following the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease on an Argentine ranch, Jornal do Brasil reported Thursday.

Mexico opens border to bone-in beef
According to the Web site of the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle Ranches, Rural Development, Fish and Feed, Mexico will accept U.S. and Canadian bone-in beef from animals less than 30 months of age.

USA

New beef cuts, profitable
Beef products that were introduced to the marketplace a few years ago are starting to show their worth.

U.S. Agriculture budget reduced
USDA will receive $93 billion in fiscal 2007 for livestock production, food safety, marketing, and other programs.

Asia Pacific

Japan's governing party sends inspection team to U.S. beef
Japan's governing party is sending inspectors to U.S. beef facilities amid Tokyo's ban on the meat, after opposition legislators said some producers in the United States failed to properly inspect shipments, news reports said.

New Zealand doubles beef share in Japan
New Zealand has doubled its share of Japan's beef imports since the North American mad cow disease outbreak.

45 cows in Japan suspected of having mad cow disease
Forty-five cows at a farm in northern Japan are suspected of having mad cow disease and will be destroyed, officials said Thursday.

Australian beef exports to Japan sets eecord in 2005
Japanese imports of Australian beef during 2005 reached a record 411,442 metric tons--a four percent increase over the previous year and the fifth consecutive yearly increase, according to figures released by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

China bans pork from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany over dioxin
China has imposed a temporary ban on pork imports from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany over a dioxin scare in the three European countries, state media said.

Americas

Brazil bans Argentine beef
Brazil decided to ban the import of Argentine beef following the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease on an Argentine ranch, Jornal do Brasil reported Thursday.

Mexico opens border to bone-in beef
According to the Web site of the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle Ranches, Rural Development, Fish and Feed, Mexico will accept U.S. and Canadian bone-in beef from animals less than 30 months of age.

USA

New beef cuts, profitable
Beef products that were introduced to the marketplace a few years ago are starting to show their worth.

U.S. Agriculture budget reduced
USDA will receive $93 billion in fiscal 2007 for livestock production, food safety, marketing, and other programs.