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Asia Pacific
Nippon Meat Packers to submit final plan to prevent misconduct
Nippon Meat Packers Inc will submit Monday to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries its final plan to prevent a recurrence of meat-mislabeling incidents, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing company sources.
S.Korea Says Typhoon Leaves 113 Dead, 71 MissingKANGNUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - The death toll from
South Korea's worst typhoon in 40 years rose to 113 on Tuesday
as soldiers led a desperate search for 71 people still missing after
the weekend devastation. Authorities said it would take a month to
clean up after Typhoon Rusa unleashed winds of up to 127 mph
across South Korea's east and south coasts, leaving a swathe
of destruction before turning back to sea on Sunday.
USMEF: Import Uncertainty in China
September 1 marks the day China's new import regulations go into effect.
Nippon Meat Restarts Beef Sales
Japanese meat company given the all-clear after labelling fraud.
Europe
EU Backs Subsidies Cut
European Union says it is fully committed to reducing trade-distorting farm subsidies.
Italians Discover the Bacon Factor
Italians will soon be cooking up a new taste when British back bacon hits their market for the first time.
USA
US Lamb Quality Improving
Lighter lambs show US is supplying consumers with leaner meat.
Trans Fat Data to Be Added to Food Labels
The Food and Drug Administration is moving to add a line to the nutrition label on every box, can and bottle of processed food. Sometime next year, the agency will require manufacturers to tell consumers how much of artery-damaging trans fat their products contain.
Growers beef up on organic USDA standards
Farmers and ranchers hoping for clarification on soon-to-be-implemented national standards for organic products found more questions than answers at an informational meeting Wednesday hosted by the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.
Beef Ban Response
World Trade Organization says United States cannot give tax breaks in retaliation for export bans.
U.S. hog and cattle slaughter estimates - trade
CHICAGO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Livestock analysts estimated Tuesday's U.S. hog slaughter at 380,000 to 388,000 head versus 386,000 a week ago and 377,000 a year ago.
USA: Meat irradiation advocates cite E-coli outbreak
A health panel organised by the American Council on Science (ACS) is citing the recent contamination of 19 million pounds of ConAgra beef with the E. coli bacteria as an example of why consumers must demand that their meat is irradiated
New meat analog cutlet designed to replace pork, veal and chicken in recipes
Decades ago, the thought of eating meat analogs didn't appeal to most people because -- let's be honest -- they simply didn't taste very good. But times have changed and some analogs are giving meat competitors a run for their money.
Tainted meat mixed with fresh
Federal investigators want to know how a Minnesota company nine times mixed fresh meat with 18-month-old contaminated beef planned for pet food, then shipped it to hotels and restaurants in Colorado and 19 other states. And why it took a month to catch the error.