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Published: May 31, 2006

Asia Pacific

Mutton exports to China Strong
Australia sees mutton exports to China rise as lamb exports slip.

Australian beef industry enjoys mad cow disease-free status
The Cattle Council of Australia says the nation's beef industry will benefit from official confirmation that Australia is free of mad cow disease.

Americas

Embargoed Argentine beef released
Argentine government allows shipments of Hilton quota beef to be shipped to Europe.

Europe

U.K. beef group shake-up  
NBA's Scottish Council is dissolved and a vice president is fired.

USA

Advance Food Co. recalls millions of pounds of frozen meat
Advance Food Co. of Enid, Okla., is voluntarily recalling approximately 4.3 million pounds of frozen meat products that may contain pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

U.S. Pork will play by Japan rules
New Japanese food import standards may require more U.S. testing and could force some U.S. pork producers to change what they feed their hogs.

USDA weighs label for beef from cattle fed only grass
The image that schoolchildren conjure up when they imagine how animals live probably looks a little like Eric Rice's Country Pleasures Farm: a half-dozen steers on acres of hill pasture, gnawing lazily on orchard grass.

Asia Pacific

Mutton exports to China Strong
Australia sees mutton exports to China rise as lamb exports slip.

Australian beef industry enjoys mad cow disease-free status
The Cattle Council of Australia says the nation's beef industry will benefit from official confirmation that Australia is free of mad cow disease.

Americas

Embargoed Argentine beef released
Argentine government allows shipments of Hilton quota beef to be shipped to Europe.

Europe

U.K. beef group shake-up  
NBA's Scottish Council is dissolved and a vice president is fired.

USA

Advance Food Co. recalls millions of pounds of frozen meat
Advance Food Co. of Enid, Okla., is voluntarily recalling approximately 4.3 million pounds of frozen meat products that may contain pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

U.S. Pork will play by Japan rules
New Japanese food import standards may require more U.S. testing and could force some U.S. pork producers to change what they feed their hogs.

USDA weighs label for beef from cattle fed only grass
The image that schoolchildren conjure up when they imagine how animals live probably looks a little like Eric Rice's Country Pleasures Farm: a half-dozen steers on acres of hill pasture, gnawing lazily on orchard grass.