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Asia Pacific

 

Retail to Farm Traceability
Japan passes compulsory traceability legislation for domestic beef cattle.

 

Japan Food Scares Spur Organic Food Sales
BSE and labeling fraud cases see Japanese consumers turning to organic meats.

 

Australia farm trade hit by rising dollar
SYDNEY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The strong rise in the value of the Australian dollar would further hurt the nation's farm exports, already suffering from one of the worst droughts this century, economists and industry officials said on Wednesday.

 

Americas

 

U.S. label law looms large over Canadian livestock
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. country-of-origin labeling law could radically change Canadian livestock markets, which rely on shipping live animals south for slaughter, analysts said on Tuesday.

 

Europe

 

EU to unveil final list of US products today for possible sanctions The European Commission said it will later today unveil its list of US products for possible retaliatory measures if the US government does not comply with a World Trade Organization ruling that it must end tax breaks for foreign sales corporations.

  Serbian beef on its way to EU market 
After an 11-year hiatus due to an export ban, Serbia has exported a consignment of beef to Greece, opening the door for beef exports to the entire European Union.

UK: Large epidemic of vCJD in Britain unlikely, say scientists

The spread of the human form of mad cow disease in Britain may not be as extensive as was first thought.

 

USA

 

2002 U.S. Pork Exports Smash Record For Consecutive Year

For the second straight year, worldwide US pork exports smashed the record set in the prior year. Following the record breaking year 2001, which saw a 20 percent increase in US pork exports, 2002 broke that record by 3 percent, says the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

 

Economist: Beef Demand Recovery Continues
Kansas State University ag economist James Mintert says the boxed beef price strength observed the first seven weeks of 2003 suggests that the recovery in beef demand that got underway during fall 2002 is continuing in early 2003.

 

USA: Performance Food Group launches irradiated ground beef with SureBeam
Performance Food Group is introducing a new product category – irradiated ground beef products.

 

US Paying More for Meat
shrinking supplies are likely to force up red meat prices.