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Asia Pacific

 

South Korea Denies It Has Shifted its GMO Policy
South Korea reportedly has opted to ease its import regulations on genetically modified crops, and reports say that the move has prompted an outcry from some segments in the country. The develop came during U.S.-South Korean talks in Seoul this week. But statements from the South Korean government indicate that no changes were agreed to during the sessions.

 

Meat Probe
Investigators search one of Japan's largest meat companies over allegations of mislabelled beef.

 

Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam
TOKYO, Aug. 9 Kyodo - Two top executives of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. were either directly involved in or heard of a subsidiary's abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program, Hiroji Okoso, president of Japan's biggest ham and sausage maker, said Friday.

 

Europe

 

Italy drops import ban on Dutch pork after tests
AMSTERDAM, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Italy has dropped a ban on imports of Dutch pigs and pork after negative tests for the banned hormone MPA, which had contaminated animal feed, the Dutch Product Board for Livestock, Meat and Eggs said on Friday.

 

Americas

 

Officials downplay mad cow threat Case poses no risk to public, food supply
Canada's first case of the deadly human form of mad cow disease is not a threat to the nation's food supply or to the general public, a panel of health officials stressed at a news conference held Thursday in Saskatoon.

 

Meat Marketing Plan
Canada is planning major changes in its beef and pork foreign marketing strategy.

 

Canadian CJD death strikes fear in beef industries
Alarms have gone off in the beef industries of Canada and the United States, after a man in western Canada

 

Gov't to defend farmers with "agriculture armor" - Full  Story

The government on Thursday unveiled a suit of so-called "agriculture armor" - a program of pro-farming strategies - to defend the nation's ailing agriculture sector from cheap food imports.
 

USA

 

National Pork Board Selects Officers
During the National Pork Board's (NPB) first regular meeting since U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announced new members NPB selected its officers. The board re-elected Hugh Dorminy president and Craig Christensen vice president to serve for the next year. Dorminy is a pork producer from Russellville, Ark. Christensen is a pork producer from Ogden, Iowa.

Profits Fall
U.S. pork producer reports dismal first quarter earnings.