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Asia Pacific

Beef prices fall in Korea on speculation of ban lifting
Beef prices fell over 10 percent from October in South Korea, as the industry prepares to reopen its market to U.S. beef, Asia Pulse reported.

Committee puts off decision on U.S. beef
Korea's quarantine committee yesterday postponed for two weeks a decision on whether to resume imports of U.S. beef, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Americas

U.S. opens to Chile
Chile is to start exporting beef to the U.S. from 21 December after it received the go-ahead from the U.S. authorities.

Europe

Cool rule welcomed
Meat and Wool New Zealand applaud a common sense approach to Country of Origin Labelling.

Beef concerns aired
The importance of a strong defense of Ireland's Euro1.8 billion beef and livestock sector in the forthcoming WTO negotiations was top of the agenda at a recent meeting between Ireland's Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and farmers.

USA

Consumers 'OPEN' to cloned meat: survey
In recent decades, the rhetoric has intensified up between pro- and anti- cloning camps on whether or not consumers would accept meat from cloned livestock.

Hormel profits up
U.S. meat processing giant reports rise in sales and profits for 2005.

Asia Pacific

Beef prices fall in Korea on speculation of ban lifting
Beef prices fell over 10 percent from October in South Korea, as the industry prepares to reopen its market to U.S. beef, Asia Pulse reported.

Committee puts off decision on U.S. beef
Korea's quarantine committee yesterday postponed for two weeks a decision on whether to resume imports of U.S. beef, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Americas

U.S. opens to Chile
Chile is to start exporting beef to the U.S. from 21 December after it received the go-ahead from the U.S. authorities.

Europe

Cool rule welcomed
Meat and Wool New Zealand applaud a common sense approach to Country of Origin Labelling.

Beef concerns aired
The importance of a strong defense of Ireland's Euro1.8 billion beef and livestock sector in the forthcoming WTO negotiations was top of the agenda at a recent meeting between Ireland's Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and farmers.

USA

Consumers 'OPEN' to cloned meat: survey
In recent decades, the rhetoric has intensified up between pro- and anti- cloning camps on whether or not consumers would accept meat from cloned livestock.

Hormel profits up
U.S. meat processing giant reports rise in sales and profits for 2005.