Asia Pacific | US beef to JPN, slow goA Japanese report issued by the country...
Asia Pacific
US beef to JPN, slow go
A Japanese report issued by the country's farm and health bureaus recommends eased BSE testing regulations for native cattle, but it may be many months before even Japanese cattle under 20 months are exempt from testing. That would clear the way for ending the ban on beef imported from the U.S., if the two sides can agree on a method of determining the actual birth date of U.S. cattle.
Europe
US lifts ban on FRA meat
PARIS - The U.S. is lifting an eight-month ban on imports of French pork and poultry products, including cold cuts and foie gras, according to France's agriculture minister.
EU tariffs on US may stay
EU tariffs against U.S. farm and manufactured goods most likely won’t end when President Bush signs the JOBS bill. The bill is intended to end the WTO-approved sanctions.
U.S. lifts ban on some French poultry and pork imports
The United States lifted an eight-month ban on imports of some French poultry and pork products, such as cold cuts and foie gras, according to an announcement by France's agriculture minister.
EU ban on British beef could be lifted
LUXEMBOURG - EU embargo measures on British beef could be lifted next year, following a sharp fall in recorded cases of mad cow disease in Britain, according to a European Commission report.
Americas
MX open to some US beef
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Economy Ministry will drop duties on certain types of U.S. beef in revisions made Friday to its anti-dumping decisions.
U.S.
Spec’s drive up hog futures
CHICAGO -- Lean-hog prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rallied to their exchange-imposed daily price limit of two cents a pound Friday, mostly in response to news that a U.S. tariff would be imposed against Canada for hog "dumping."
Dec 8 US beef ck-off hearing
The United States Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the nation's beef checkoff program for Dec. 8.
Asia Pacific
US beef to JPN, slow go
A Japanese report issued by the country's farm and health bureaus recommends eased BSE testing regulations for native cattle, but it may be many months before even Japanese cattle under 20 months are exempt from testing. That would clear the way for ending the ban on beef imported from the U.S., if the two sides can agree on a method of determining the actual birth date of U.S. cattle.
Europe
US lifts ban on FRA meat
PARIS - The U.S. is lifting an eight-month ban on imports of French pork and poultry products, including cold cuts and foie gras, according to France's agriculture minister.
EU tariffs on US may stay
EU tariffs against U.S. farm and manufactured goods most likely won’t end when President Bush signs the JOBS bill. The bill is intended to end the WTO-approved sanctions.
U.S. lifts ban on some French poultry and pork imports
The United States lifted an eight-month ban on imports of some French poultry and pork products, such as cold cuts and foie gras, according to an announcement by France's agriculture minister.
EU ban on British beef could be lifted
LUXEMBOURG - EU embargo measures on British beef could be lifted next year, following a sharp fall in recorded cases of mad cow disease in Britain, according to a European Commission report.
Americas
MX open to some US beef
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Economy Ministry will drop duties on certain types of U.S. beef in revisions made Friday to its anti-dumping decisions.
U.S.
Spec’s drive up hog futures
CHICAGO -- Lean-hog prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rallied to their exchange-imposed daily price limit of two cents a pound Friday, mostly in response to news that a U.S. tariff would be imposed against Canada for hog "dumping."
Dec 8 US beef ck-off hearing
The United States Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the nation's beef checkoff program for Dec. 8.