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Officials agree on resumption of beef trade
Japanese and U.S. officials in Tokyo have reached a framework agreement that should permit the resumption of beef trade between the two countries.
Beef Export Answers
Beef imports are limited to beef from cattle less than 20 months of age and beef from older cattle that have been tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. In December 2003, Japan and several other countries closed their markets to U.S. beef after one BSE-infected cow was discovered at a U.S. processing plant. Japan insisted that the United States test all of the cattle presented for slaughter for BSE. United States animal disease experts say BSE tests are unreliable in younger cattle.
Trade Talks
Discussions are taking place between New Zealand and the People’s Republic of China over the approval of New Zealand meat processing plants for export to China. The talks are continuing despite a deadline of November 1, 2004 for import permits to be issued to Chinese importers.
Europe
Meat substitution discovered in New South Wales
There is some surprising news from an investigation of butchers' shops in New South Wales. It's found cheap cuts of pork and mutton are being substituted for beef and lamb.
Americas
Canadian beef ban provokes war of words
A comment by U.S. Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci blaming South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle and others for delaying the reopening of the Canadian border to beef imports has initiated a pre-election war of words between Daschle and the Bush administration.
Mad cow's toll keeps mounting
Cattle prices have fallen steeply since bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as BSE or mad cow disease, first shook Canada's farmers nearly 18 months ago, when a single case was discovered on a northern Alberta farm.
Market Appeal
BMO Financial Group president and CEO Tony Comper has called for a redoubling of the efforts to open the U.S. border to Canadian beef, and end the multibillion dollar per crisis over the discovery last year of a Canadian beef cow infected bovine spongiform encephalopathy that continues to beleaguer the Canadian cattle and agricultural industry.
USA
BSE-infected bone meal was accidentally shipped, but recovered
Bone meal believed to be infected with some of the remains of a U.S. cow that tested positive for BSE was shipped to Asia in January, but officials recovered the shipment and disposed of it in a U.S. landfill, Japan's Kyodo News Service reported.
Consumers' taste for pork is changing, study finds
A report commissioned by the Chicago-based Hearltand Institute suggests that more consumers insist on fresh pork products year-round, purchase processed and pre-cooked foods that take less time to prepare, prefer branded to unbranded products, respond to perceptions about socially responsible production and increasingly buy from major retail grocery and restaurant chains.
Officials agree on resumption of beef trade
Japanese and U.S. officials in Tokyo have reached a framework agreement that should permit the resumption of beef trade between the two countries.
Beef Export Answers
Beef imports are limited to beef from cattle less than 20 months of age and beef from older cattle that have been tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. In December 2003, Japan and several other countries closed their markets to U.S. beef after one BSE-infected cow was discovered at a U.S. processing plant. Japan insisted that the United States test all of the cattle presented for slaughter for BSE. United States animal disease experts say BSE tests are unreliable in younger cattle.
Trade Talks
Discussions are taking place between New Zealand and the People’s Republic of China over the approval of New Zealand meat processing plants for export to China. The talks are continuing despite a deadline of November 1, 2004 for import permits to be issued to Chinese importers.
Europe
Meat substitution discovered in New South Wales
There is some surprising news from an investigation of butchers' shops in New South Wales. It's found cheap cuts of pork and mutton are being substituted for beef and lamb.
Americas
Canadian beef ban provokes war of words
A comment by U.S. Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci blaming South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle and others for delaying the reopening of the Canadian border to beef imports has initiated a pre-election war of words between Daschle and the Bush administration.
Mad cow's toll keeps mounting
Cattle prices have fallen steeply since bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as BSE or mad cow disease, first shook Canada's farmers nearly 18 months ago, when a single case was discovered on a northern Alberta farm.
Market Appeal
BMO Financial Group president and CEO Tony Comper has called for a redoubling of the efforts to open the U.S. border to Canadian beef, and end the multibillion dollar per crisis over the discovery last year of a Canadian beef cow infected bovine spongiform encephalopathy that continues to beleaguer the Canadian cattle and agricultural industry.
USA
BSE-infected bone meal was accidentally shipped, but recovered
Bone meal believed to be infected with some of the remains of a U.S. cow that tested positive for BSE was shipped to Asia in January, but officials recovered the shipment and disposed of it in a U.S. landfill, Japan's Kyodo News Service reported.
Consumers' taste for pork is changing, study finds
A report commissioned by the Chicago-based Hearltand Institute suggests that more consumers insist on fresh pork products year-round, purchase processed and pre-cooked foods that take less time to prepare, prefer branded to unbranded products, respond to perceptions about socially responsible production and increasingly buy from major retail grocery and restaurant chains.