Asia Pacific | SHARING SECRETSA group of Australian culinary professions get ...

Asia Pacific

SHARING SECRETS
A group of Australian culinary professions get an opportunity to share ideas on using more meat on their menus.

DOMINANT BEEF
Imported Australian beef remains popular in Japan.

Americas

USDA Inspector General to investigate Canadian beef imports
The Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to review the agency's authorization of Canadian beef imports last year despite bans put in place after a cow was found with bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Alberta.

MEAT PLANT BURNS
Fire destroys a Canadian processing facility’s kill floor knocking the entire plant out of action.

Europe

E. coli O157:H7 strikes nine people in Britain
At least nine people in Newcastle, United Kingdom, have contracted E. coli O157:H7, and the cause is believed to be cold, cooked meat products from a local butcher, according to a news report.

USA

New labeling requirements for meat, poultry products expected this summer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to release updated labeling requirements for certain meat and poultry products this summer, according to Progressive Grocer.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Why BSE is big news but shouldn't be
One of the best writers in the world of electronic journalism, Charles Osgood, penned the phrase, "Nothing could be finer than a crisis that is minor in the morning."

Dahl's test-marketing steaks under Iowa Quality Beef label
Dahl's supermarkets in the Des Moines area are test-marketing beefsteaks produced by Iowa Quality Beef, the farmer-owned meatpacking plant in Tama. On Friday , meat departments at the stores started stocking T-bone and porterhouse steaks bearing the Iowa Quality Beef label.

Asia Pacific

SHARING SECRETS
A group of Australian culinary professions get an opportunity to share ideas on using more meat on their menus.

DOMINANT BEEF
Imported Australian beef remains popular in Japan.

Americas

USDA Inspector General to investigate Canadian beef imports
The Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to review the agency's authorization of Canadian beef imports last year despite bans put in place after a cow was found with bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Alberta.

MEAT PLANT BURNS
Fire destroys a Canadian processing facility’s kill floor knocking the entire plant out of action.

Europe

E. coli O157:H7 strikes nine people in Britain
At least nine people in Newcastle, United Kingdom, have contracted E. coli O157:H7, and the cause is believed to be cold, cooked meat products from a local butcher, according to a news report.

USA

New labeling requirements for meat, poultry products expected this summer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to release updated labeling requirements for certain meat and poultry products this summer, according to Progressive Grocer.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Why BSE is big news but shouldn't be
One of the best writers in the world of electronic journalism, Charles Osgood, penned the phrase, "Nothing could be finer than a crisis that is minor in the morning."

Dahl's test-marketing steaks under Iowa Quality Beef label
Dahl's supermarkets in the Des Moines area are test-marketing beefsteaks produced by Iowa Quality Beef, the farmer-owned meatpacking plant in Tama. On Friday , meat departments at the stores started stocking T-bone and porterhouse steaks bearing the Iowa Quality Beef label.