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Asia Pacific

Pig vaccination plan to launch by summer
A vaccination programme for pigs against Japanese encephalitis will be in place before summer next year, Director of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Thomas Chan says.

Exporters seek urgent change to cattle rules
Cattle exporters in Western Australia are urgently seeking changes to new trade regulations, due to come in on 1 December.

Europe

Proposed European Union livestock-hauling rule doesn't help
A recent study conducted at Texas A&M University could help keep trade simpler between the United States and European Union.

Europe pig prices close gap on United Kingdom
Pig meat prices in continental Europe have risen, closing the 10-20% discount compared with British prices.

Americas

Canadian border one step closer to opening
The proposed USDA rule that would reopen the Canadian border to live cattle and other beef products moved to the Office of Management and Budget for review on Monday.

Maple Leaf Foods calls for DNA meat tracing standard
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has adopted a method for tracking its pork products with DNA, a safety system that should be adopted by the Canadian meat industry, chief executive Michael McCain said Monday.

Surveillance of Surveillance
Last Thursday’s announcement by USDA that it is conducting a confirmatory test on brain sample taken from a bovine that previously tested positive twice for bovine spongiform encephalopathy with a rapid test, caught the interest of Mexico’s agricultural authorities, Dow Jones news service said.

USA

Mad Cow tests on animal not completed
U.S. Agriculture Department scientists were still conducting tests to determine if the United States had a new case of the deadly mad cow disease.

U.S. FDA mulls mad cow safeguards for feed
The Food and Drug Administration said last winter after the first U.S. confirmed case of mad cow disease that it planned to tighten various regulations to protect U.S. livestock feed from contamination.

Possible mad cow case having little affect on meatpackers
Still struggling through the aftermath of the nation's first confirmed case of mad cow disease, three of the country's four major meatpackers said Monday that a second suspected case hasn't caused more cutbacks in their already reduced production schedules.

Livestock group protests timing of BSE test announcement
The Livestock Marketing Association is calling on members to protest the timing of the USDA's announcement of an inconclusive bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test result.

President thanks farmers and ranchers for love of land, country
On Friday, President George W. Bush declared November 19-25 National Farm-City Week.

Swift meatpackers agree to pact
Swift and Co. meatpackers in the company's Greeley, Colo., plant overwhelmingly approved a new five-year contract mere hours before the previous pact was due to expire at midnight on Friday.

Voluntary COOL standards take a hit
Congress refused to replace an extension of mandatory country-of-origin labeling legislation with a voluntary standard, despite assurances from Republican house leaders that the mandatory standard was as good as dead.

Expert questions U.S. capacity to effectively spray for soybean rust
One of the most critical factors for successfully treating crops for Asian soybean rust will be having enough spraying capacity to complete the job rapidly, according to David Wright, director of production technologies for the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board.

Asia Pacific

Pig vaccination plan to launch by summer
A vaccination programme for pigs against Japanese encephalitis will be in place before summer next year, Director of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Thomas Chan says.

Exporters seek urgent change to cattle rules
Cattle exporters in Western Australia are urgently seeking changes to new trade regulations, due to come in on 1 December.

Europe

Proposed European Union livestock-hauling rule doesn't help
A recent study conducted at Texas A&M University could help keep trade simpler between the United States and European Union.

Europe pig prices close gap on United Kingdom
Pig meat prices in continental Europe have risen, closing the 10-20% discount compared with British prices.

Americas

Canadian border one step closer to opening
The proposed USDA rule that would reopen the Canadian border to live cattle and other beef products moved to the Office of Management and Budget for review on Monday.

Maple Leaf Foods calls for DNA meat tracing standard
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has adopted a method for tracking its pork products with DNA, a safety system that should be adopted by the Canadian meat industry, chief executive Michael McCain said Monday.

Surveillance of Surveillance
Last Thursday’s announcement by USDA that it is conducting a confirmatory test on brain sample taken from a bovine that previously tested positive twice for bovine spongiform encephalopathy with a rapid test, caught the interest of Mexico’s agricultural authorities, Dow Jones news service said.

USA

Mad Cow tests on animal not completed
U.S. Agriculture Department scientists were still conducting tests to determine if the United States had a new case of the deadly mad cow disease.

U.S. FDA mulls mad cow safeguards for feed
The Food and Drug Administration said last winter after the first U.S. confirmed case of mad cow disease that it planned to tighten various regulations to protect U.S. livestock feed from contamination.

Possible mad cow case having little affect on meatpackers
Still struggling through the aftermath of the nation's first confirmed case of mad cow disease, three of the country's four major meatpackers said Monday that a second suspected case hasn't caused more cutbacks in their already reduced production schedules.

Livestock group protests timing of BSE test announcement
The Livestock Marketing Association is calling on members to protest the timing of the USDA's announcement of an inconclusive bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test result.

President thanks farmers and ranchers for love of land, country
On Friday, President George W. Bush declared November 19-25 National Farm-City Week.

Swift meatpackers agree to pact
Swift and Co. meatpackers in the company's Greeley, Colo., plant overwhelmingly approved a new five-year contract mere hours before the previous pact was due to expire at midnight on Friday.

Voluntary COOL standards take a hit
Congress refused to replace an extension of mandatory country-of-origin labeling legislation with a voluntary standard, despite assurances from Republican house leaders that the mandatory standard was as good as dead.

Expert questions U.S. capacity to effectively spray for soybean rust
One of the most critical factors for successfully treating crops for Asian soybean rust will be having enough spraying capacity to complete the job rapidly, according to David Wright, director of production technologies for the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board.