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Asia Pacific
Japan panel wants more data on U.S. mad cow case
Japan's Food Safety Commission said on Thursday its panel on mad cow disease wants more data on a second American case of the brain-wasting disease so it can make a risk assessment on U.S. beef.
Government urged to place ban on pork imports
The South African Pork Producers Organisation is to ask the government to place a ban on the imports of pork products.
Philippines bans U.S. beef
Saying that the United States has "not yet disclosed information on the cohorts of the new BSE case," Philppine Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap banned the import of live American cattle and all beef commodity shipments, backdated to June 24.
No change in Japan ban on U.S. beef
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that she could offer few words of optimism for U.S. cattle producers or deliver a reasonable prediction of when Japan would lift its ban on importing American beef.
Americas
U.S. judges in mad cow case mull Canada trade ban
U.S. judges considering whether to allow imports of live young Canadian cattle amid concerns over mad cow disease asked ranchers and the U.S. Agriculture Department what level of risk was reasonable to reopen the border.
Europe
JSR supply breeding pigs for Italian Parma Ham market
A co-operative of 4,000 members in Northern Italy have signed an agreement to produce pigs for Parma Ham using the genetics of international pig breeding company, JSR Genetics.
USA
Jolley: Harkin hits Johanns on the BSE issue
As the politics behind BSE continue to grow and fester, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, posed four questions in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. Harkin’s good friend Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minnesota, wants to take it a step farther.
China tech team to U.S. on beef
The ban has been in place since December 2003, when a cow in Washington state tested positive for BSE.
Big Beef
Carcass weights are increasing in the U.S., and may set a record this year.
Cattle-tracking system gears up in Tennessee
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has taken a first step toward tracking diseases spread by livestock.
Asia Pacific
Japan panel wants more data on U.S. mad cow case
Japan's Food Safety Commission said on Thursday its panel on mad cow disease wants more data on a second American case of the brain-wasting disease so it can make a risk assessment on U.S. beef.
Government urged to place ban on pork imports
The South African Pork Producers Organisation is to ask the government to place a ban on the imports of pork products.
Philippines bans U.S. beef
Saying that the United States has "not yet disclosed information on the cohorts of the new BSE case," Philppine Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap banned the import of live American cattle and all beef commodity shipments, backdated to June 24.
No change in Japan ban on U.S. beef
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that she could offer few words of optimism for U.S. cattle producers or deliver a reasonable prediction of when Japan would lift its ban on importing American beef.
Americas
U.S. judges in mad cow case mull Canada trade ban
U.S. judges considering whether to allow imports of live young Canadian cattle amid concerns over mad cow disease asked ranchers and the U.S. Agriculture Department what level of risk was reasonable to reopen the border.
Europe
JSR supply breeding pigs for Italian Parma Ham market
A co-operative of 4,000 members in Northern Italy have signed an agreement to produce pigs for Parma Ham using the genetics of international pig breeding company, JSR Genetics.
USA
Jolley: Harkin hits Johanns on the BSE issue
As the politics behind BSE continue to grow and fester, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, posed four questions in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. Harkin’s good friend Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minnesota, wants to take it a step farther.
China tech team to U.S. on beef
The ban has been in place since December 2003, when a cow in Washington state tested positive for BSE.
Big Beef
Carcass weights are increasing in the U.S., and may set a record this year.
Cattle-tracking system gears up in Tennessee
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has taken a first step toward tracking diseases spread by livestock.