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Asia Pacific

U.S., Japan move toward ending beef import ban
Japan appears ready to drop its policy of requiring testing of all cattle, domestic and imported, for BSE. That policy has been a bone of contention between Washington and Tokyo, as American trade officials insist that testing of cows under 24 months of age is useless due to the long incubation period of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

PORK PRICE WARNING
A tight supply of pigs is underpinning rising prices in Australia.

Europe

RESTRUCTURING DEMAND
Beef association warns that low prices are strangling the British beef industry.

Americas

MORE FMD IN COLUMBIA
A second case of foot and mouth disease is discovered in a pigs herd in Columbia close to the original outbreak.

USA

NCBA offers new merchandising materials for Beef Value Cuts
Building on the recent success of the Beef Value Cuts program, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association has developed new merchandising materials to assist industry professionals with information and instruction on the fabrication and merchandising of the new cuts.

WTO approves sanctions against U.S. over dumping rules
Last week, the World Trade Organization authorized the European Union and seven other leading U.S. trading partners to impose more than $150 million worth of sanctions against the United States for failing to repeal anti-dumping rules deemed illegal, according to wire service reports.

Asia Pacific

U.S., Japan move toward ending beef import ban
Japan appears ready to drop its policy of requiring testing of all cattle, domestic and imported, for BSE. That policy has been a bone of contention between Washington and Tokyo, as American trade officials insist that testing of cows under 24 months of age is useless due to the long incubation period of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

PORK PRICE WARNING
A tight supply of pigs is underpinning rising prices in Australia.

Europe

RESTRUCTURING DEMAND
Beef association warns that low prices are strangling the British beef industry.

Americas

MORE FMD IN COLUMBIA
A second case of foot and mouth disease is discovered in a pigs herd in Columbia close to the original outbreak.

USA

NCBA offers new merchandising materials for Beef Value Cuts
Building on the recent success of the Beef Value Cuts program, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association has developed new merchandising materials to assist industry professionals with information and instruction on the fabrication and merchandising of the new cuts.

WTO approves sanctions against U.S. over dumping rules
Last week, the World Trade Organization authorized the European Union and seven other leading U.S. trading partners to impose more than $150 million worth of sanctions against the United States for failing to repeal anti-dumping rules deemed illegal, according to wire service reports.