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Japan won't tell U.S.'s Rice timing of resumed beef imports
Japan will decline to say when it will resume imports of U.S. beef if the subject is raised by visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.

Ajinomoto to make frozen pork products in Thailand
Food producer Ajinomoto Co said Friday its Thai affiliate will soon begin making frozen processed pork products for export to Japan.

Zimbabwe seeks beef markets in Africa, Asia 
Zimbabwe is in the process of tapping the beef market in several African and Asian countries as it seeks to expand its export market,

Europe

Probe into infected beef
Mistakes led to beef which could have been infected with BSE going into the food chain, the Food Standards Agency claims.

Biosecurity fears
Britain’s pig producers are concerned about a national fallen-stock scheme.

Americas

Canada fears boneless beef ban
Battered Canadian cattle producers are beginning to worry that the beef industry may take yet another dramatic turn for the worse.

USA

Brazil, China, India will urge U.S., EU to cut farm subsidies at G20 talks
India, China, Brazil and other developing nations may demand an immediate freeze on rich countries' export subsidies that they say depress prices of farm goods on world markets.

NPPC and State Pork Producer Associations write congress encouraging support of CAFTA-DR
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), joined by 39 state pork producer associations, today sent a letter to every Member of Congress urging support of the Free Trade Agreement with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (CAFTA-DR).

R-CALF, USDA trial schedule
Attorneys for R-CALF and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have sent an agreement to U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull for his approval on a proposed schedule for proceeding on R-CALF's challenge to the rule to reopen the border to Canadian cattle and beef imports.

Asia Pacific

Japan won't tell U.S.'s Rice timing of resumed beef imports
Japan will decline to say when it will resume imports of U.S. beef if the subject is raised by visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.

Ajinomoto to make frozen pork products in Thailand
Food producer Ajinomoto Co said Friday its Thai affiliate will soon begin making frozen processed pork products for export to Japan.

Zimbabwe seeks beef markets in Africa, Asia 
Zimbabwe is in the process of tapping the beef market in several African and Asian countries as it seeks to expand its export market,

Europe

Probe into infected beef
Mistakes led to beef which could have been infected with BSE going into the food chain, the Food Standards Agency claims.

Biosecurity fears
Britain’s pig producers are concerned about a national fallen-stock scheme.

Americas

Canada fears boneless beef ban
Battered Canadian cattle producers are beginning to worry that the beef industry may take yet another dramatic turn for the worse.

USA

Brazil, China, India will urge U.S., EU to cut farm subsidies at G20 talks
India, China, Brazil and other developing nations may demand an immediate freeze on rich countries' export subsidies that they say depress prices of farm goods on world markets.

NPPC and State Pork Producer Associations write congress encouraging support of CAFTA-DR
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), joined by 39 state pork producer associations, today sent a letter to every Member of Congress urging support of the Free Trade Agreement with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (CAFTA-DR).

R-CALF, USDA trial schedule
Attorneys for R-CALF and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have sent an agreement to U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull for his approval on a proposed schedule for proceeding on R-CALF's challenge to the rule to reopen the border to Canadian cattle and beef imports.