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Asia Pacific

 

UPDATE 2-Indonesia bans China corn, soybean on foot-and-mouth
Indonesia said on Tuesday it had banned corn and soybean imports from China due to foot-and-mouth disease, a move that surprised international grain traders and threatened to disrupt heavy purchases of corn from Beijing.

 

Japan: Prefecture Governments Start Testing for Mad Cow Disease

Ministers have announced the merger of the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) as from 1 April.

 

Americas

 

Growing taste for meat slows wheat demand - IGC

Surging world demand for meat will continue to fuel world coarse grain consumption in the future, outstripping demand for wheat, an International Grains Council official said on Monday.

 

Europe

 

French beef farmers face EU fine over prices-sources
BRUSSELS, April 1 (Reuters) - French beef producers face a fine on Wednesday from the European Commission for fixing prices in the wake of Europe's mad cow disease crisis in 2001, European Union sources said on Tuesday.

 

U.S. Leaders Push Europe to Allow Biotech Crops
U.S. lawmakers are urging the Bush administration to formally challenge the European Union's moratorium on new genetically modified crops.

Greece sweats possible sale of BSE-tainted meat
Greek health officials are investigating the reported sale of meat from a cow suspected of having bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

 

USA

 

WTO: Farm Talks Miss Deadline
Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi today expressed disappointment over the failure by WTO member governments to agree on a framework for future agriculture trade reform, but said progress in the global trade negotiations can still be achieved provided governments continue to work towards bridging their differences.

 

WORLD: WTO food trade talks miss key deadline
World Trade Organization director general Supachai Panitchpakdi has expressed his sadness at the failure last night (Monday) of negotiators to agree liberalization targets for the WTO’s three years old agricultural talks.

 

SYSCO to acquire 'certain assets' of Colorado Boxed Beef
Houston-based SYSCO Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the specialty meat-cutting division of the Colorado Boxed Beef Co. and its affiliated broad line foodservice operation, J&B Foodservice.