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Asia Pacific
U.S. beef loses out to Australia in Japanese fast food restaurants
Japan's wildly popular fast food favorite, gyudon, thinly sliced beef and onions atop a bowl of rice, is starting to reappear across the country as fast food operators switch from banned American beef to Australian beef.
FTA would be scrutinized under a Labor government
The US free trade deal with Australia will be one of those to be examined by a Federal Labor government, if it's elected.
No Deal Struck Over Japan's U.S. Beef Ban
TOKYO - No breakthrough is expected in efforts to lift Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports when the leaders of the two countries meet in New York, a top Japanese official said Tuesday. |
Europe
PIGS RETURN
A British trade delegation secures an export order for live pigs to Japan.
IMPORT BAN ATTACKED
09/20/2004 Russia bans imports of Brazilian beef because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease
UK warns on mad cow exposure
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Six thousand Britons are to be told they may have been exposed to the human form of mad cow disease through blood products, the government said on Tuesday. | Sir Liam Dona
Americas
R-CALF fires back at NMA over Candian cattle
The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) has responded to an attempt by the National Meat Association to interject itself into an ongoing dispute with the Agriculture Department over cattle imports from Canada.
MORE BSE TESTING
Canada issues new measures to accelerate BSE testing progress.
USA
Exporters appeal to Congress to pass tax bill quickly
Exporters of a wide range of products, including livestock and related products, are pressuring the U.S. House of Representatives to quickly pass the JOBS tax bill, in effect lobbying to have their own tax breaks nullified.
Conference to discuss communication strategies for BSE, bird flu
The World Health Organization is sponsoring a conference in Singapore this week focusing on communications during outbreaks of various communicable diseases.
CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS
U.S. livestock producers and ranchers want information in the national livestock identification program to be confidential.
Asia Pacific
U.S. beef loses out to Australia in Japanese fast food restaurants
Japan's wildly popular fast food favorite, gyudon, thinly sliced beef and onions atop a bowl of rice, is starting to reappear across the country as fast food operators switch from banned American beef to Australian beef.
FTA would be scrutinized under a Labor government
The US free trade deal with Australia will be one of those to be examined by a Federal Labor government, if it's elected.
No Deal Struck Over Japan's U.S. Beef Ban
TOKYO - No breakthrough is expected in efforts to lift Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports when the leaders of the two countries meet in New York, a top Japanese official said Tuesday. |
Europe
PIGS RETURN
A British trade delegation secures an export order for live pigs to Japan.
IMPORT BAN ATTACKED
09/20/2004 Russia bans imports of Brazilian beef because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease
UK warns on mad cow exposure
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Six thousand Britons are to be told they may have been exposed to the human form of mad cow disease through blood products, the government said on Tuesday. | Sir Liam Dona
Americas
R-CALF fires back at NMA over Candian cattle
The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) has responded to an attempt by the National Meat Association to interject itself into an ongoing dispute with the Agriculture Department over cattle imports from Canada.
MORE BSE TESTING
Canada issues new measures to accelerate BSE testing progress.
USA
Exporters appeal to Congress to pass tax bill quickly
Exporters of a wide range of products, including livestock and related products, are pressuring the U.S. House of Representatives to quickly pass the JOBS tax bill, in effect lobbying to have their own tax breaks nullified.
Conference to discuss communication strategies for BSE, bird flu
The World Health Organization is sponsoring a conference in Singapore this week focusing on communications during outbreaks of various communicable diseases.
CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS
U.S. livestock producers and ranchers want information in the national livestock identification program to be confidential.