Asia Pacific | Traceability rules stiffenedJapan’s new mandatory traceabili...

Asia Pacific

Traceability rules stiffened
Japan’s new mandatory traceability laws came into effect last week. The new laws apply to all domestic cattle.

Europe

Fresh start for farmers launched at the Smithfield show
'Fresh Start', an initiative to attract new people into farming and help others create opportunities for the next generation, was launched by Sir Don Curry, the Government's chief independent farming advisor and Lord Larry Whitty, Farming Minister at London's Smithfield show today.

Samples switched?
Cattle brain samples, collected as part of Finland’s BSE testing program, may have been deliberately switched at the slaughter plant.

Americas

Mexico starts beef exports to Japan-government
Mexico began sending its first-ever beef exports to Japan on Sunday after reaching an agreement with the Asian nation in July to sell it some $250 million worth of fine Mexican beef cuts.

Quebec cattlemen purchase slaughterhouse
Quebec farmers, who have been blockading the province's largest slaughterhouse demanding higher prices for beef cattle, have decided to buy it instead, CBC news reported.

USA

Kosher authority asks slaughterhouse to change killing methods
Based on a PETA videotape showing inhumane killing procedures, the world's largest kosher certification authority has asked AgriProcessors Inc. in Postville, Iowa, to change its slaughter methods.

Tyson to close Jordan's meats plant in Maine
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Foods announced Friday that it will close the Jordan's Meats plant in Portland, Maine, early next year and shift production to other locations.

Mandatory price reporting programs extended
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced continuation of livestock mandatory price reporting as required by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999. The program's authority has been extended through Sept. 30, 2005.

Mandatory COOL opposition still mounting
With agricultural officials in the United States still dealing with worries over mad cow disease and the prospect of the Canadian border opening up again for live cattle to enter the United States, opponents of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) are still plotting to kill it, said the president of the National Farmers Union.

Asia Pacific

Traceability rules stiffened
Japan’s new mandatory traceability laws came into effect last week. The new laws apply to all domestic cattle.

Europe

Fresh start for farmers launched at the Smithfield show
'Fresh Start', an initiative to attract new people into farming and help others create opportunities for the next generation, was launched by Sir Don Curry, the Government's chief independent farming advisor and Lord Larry Whitty, Farming Minister at London's Smithfield show today.

Samples switched?
Cattle brain samples, collected as part of Finland’s BSE testing program, may have been deliberately switched at the slaughter plant.

Americas

Mexico starts beef exports to Japan-government
Mexico began sending its first-ever beef exports to Japan on Sunday after reaching an agreement with the Asian nation in July to sell it some $250 million worth of fine Mexican beef cuts.

Quebec cattlemen purchase slaughterhouse
Quebec farmers, who have been blockading the province's largest slaughterhouse demanding higher prices for beef cattle, have decided to buy it instead, CBC news reported.

USA

Kosher authority asks slaughterhouse to change killing methods
Based on a PETA videotape showing inhumane killing procedures, the world's largest kosher certification authority has asked AgriProcessors Inc. in Postville, Iowa, to change its slaughter methods.

Tyson to close Jordan's meats plant in Maine
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Foods announced Friday that it will close the Jordan's Meats plant in Portland, Maine, early next year and shift production to other locations.

Mandatory price reporting programs extended
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced continuation of livestock mandatory price reporting as required by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999. The program's authority has been extended through Sept. 30, 2005.

Mandatory COOL opposition still mounting
With agricultural officials in the United States still dealing with worries over mad cow disease and the prospect of the Canadian border opening up again for live cattle to enter the United States, opponents of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) are still plotting to kill it, said the president of the National Farmers Union.