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Asia Pacific
UPDATE 2-Japan ag minister to visit US to discuss mad cow
Japan, the biggest buyer of American beef, will send its agriculture minister to Washington next week to discuss concerns about U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease now that the disease has been found in Canada, a U.S. Agriculture Department official said on Tuesday.
China Breakthrough
Finalization of protocols to assist red meat trade between Australia and China.
Europe
EU Parliament Passes GM Labeling Laws
The European Parliament today passed laws requiring labeling of all genetically modified food. The regulations, which need the final approval of European Union member governments, will require the food industry to segregate GM from conventional crops and put strict limits on the accidental mixing of GM into traditional food imports.
EGYPT/EU/USA: Egypt abandons US in WTO GM case
The Egyptian government has embarrassed the United States by withdrawing its name from a World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union's de facto moratorium on the import of genetically modified foodstuffs.
U.S. and Europe Making Up
American and European officials met in Washington, hoping to put their Iraq war differences behind them. But then the issue of genetically modified food came up.
Americas
Chrétien pitches Canadian beef to Japanese PM
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, taking the offensive in Canada's mad cow crisis, called his Japanese counterpart today, seeking to persuade him that Canadian beef was safe to eat.
USA
Lifting Canadian cattle ban could hurt US markets
A month after a lone case of mad cow disease turned up in Canada, cattle producers in the United States have been heartened by the absence of consumer backlash against their own beef.
FDA mulls altering feed ban due to mad cow concerns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was considering modifying a six-year-old ruminant feed ban due to the discovery of mad cow disease in Canada.
Report Recommends Cutting Dioxin Exposure
National Academy of Sciences advises creation and implementation of strategy to reduce human exposure to the toxin in foods.
FSIS requiring all meat and poultry establishments to re-register
According to the Federal Register, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service will require all meat and poultry establishments to complete new registration forms. Such registration has been required since 1970; however, the new registration requires that registrants provide certain information that was not required on the previous form.
USTDA funding beef cattle farming study in Turkey
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $460,000 grant to Pinar ET Group to fund a study on the economic feasibility of using the North American model of beef cattle farming in Turkey.
AMI President Submits Testimony to House Committee
American Meat Institute calls on House Committee to make country-of-origin labeling voluntary for meat products.
Asia Pacific
UPDATE 2-Japan ag minister to visit US to discuss mad cow
Japan, the biggest buyer of American beef, will send its agriculture minister to Washington next week to discuss concerns about U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease now that the disease has been found in Canada, a U.S. Agriculture Department official said on Tuesday.
China Breakthrough
Finalization of protocols to assist red meat trade between Australia and China.
Europe
EU Parliament Passes GM Labeling Laws
The European Parliament today passed laws requiring labeling of all genetically modified food. The regulations, which need the final approval of European Union member governments, will require the food industry to segregate GM from conventional crops and put strict limits on the accidental mixing of GM into traditional food imports.
EGYPT/EU/USA: Egypt abandons US in WTO GM case
The Egyptian government has embarrassed the United States by withdrawing its name from a World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union’s de facto moratorium on the import of genetically modified foodstuffs.
U.S. and Europe Making Up
American and European officials met in Washington, hoping to put their Iraq war differences behind them. But then the issue of genetically modified food came up.
Americas
Chrétien pitches Canadian beef to Japanese PM
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, taking the offensive in Canada's mad cow crisis, called his Japanese counterpart today, seeking to persuade him that Canadian beef was safe to eat.
USA
Lifting Canadian cattle ban could hurt US markets
A month after a lone case of mad cow disease turned up in Canada, cattle producers in the United States have been heartened by the absence of consumer backlash against their own beef.
FDA mulls altering feed ban due to mad cow concerns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was considering modifying a six-year-old ruminant feed ban due to the discovery of mad cow disease in Canada.
Report Recommends Cutting Dioxin Exposure
National Academy of Sciences advises creation and implementation of strategy to reduce human exposure to the toxin in foods.
FSIS requiring all meat and poultry establishments to re-register
According to the Federal Register, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service will require all meat and poultry establishments to complete new registration forms. Such registration has been required since 1970; however, the new registration requires that registrants provide certain information that was not required on the previous form.
USTDA funding beef cattle farming study in Turkey
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $460,000 grant to Pinar ET Group to fund a study on the economic feasibility of using the North American model of beef cattle farming in Turkey.
AMI President Submits Testimony to House Committee
American Meat Institute calls on House Committee to make country-of-origin labeling voluntary for meat products.