Asia PacificJapanese commission may recommend cutback in BSE testing There is...
Asia Pacific
Japanese commission may recommend cutback in BSE testing
There is no final word yet, but reports from Japan suggest that a government panel is on the verge of recommending that younger cattle be excluded from the country's universal testing program for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Americas
Canadians resigned; border may take more than a year to open
Canadian politicians and cattlemen estimate it will take a minimum of nine months and perhaps as many as 18 months for the legal challenge to USDA's decision to reopen the U.S. border to Canadian cattle to be resolved.
Europe
BSE testing trials
Britain’s Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs makes good progress on BSE testing.
USA
California appeals court to hear U.S.-Canada beef trade case
A federal appeals court agreed to hear the National Meat Association's emergency appeal of a lower court ruling that banned U.S. imports of young Canadian cattle, the meatpackers trade group said on Monday.
APHIS surpasses projected goal for the enhanced BSE surveillance program
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has tested 263,115 high risk cattle as of March 6 with no BSE positive cases found, as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) enhanced surveillance program which began in June 2004.
Canadian border should remain closed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan to reopen the Canadian Border to beef imports is running into serious opposition.
Animal ID projects launch online
States and tribes invested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new national animal identification system (NAIS) are increasingly offering online premises registration to ease their participants’ first step toward getting involved.
Asia Pacific
Japanese commission may recommend cutback in BSE testing
There is no final word yet, but reports from Japan suggest that a government panel is on the verge of recommending that younger cattle be excluded from the country's universal testing program for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Americas
Canadians resigned; border may take more than a year to open
Canadian politicians and cattlemen estimate it will take a minimum of nine months and perhaps as many as 18 months for the legal challenge to USDA's decision to reopen the U.S. border to Canadian cattle to be resolved.
Europe
BSE testing trials
Britain’s Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs makes good progress on BSE testing.
USA
California appeals court to hear U.S.-Canada beef trade case
A federal appeals court agreed to hear the National Meat Association's emergency appeal of a lower court ruling that banned U.S. imports of young Canadian cattle, the meatpackers trade group said on Monday.
APHIS surpasses projected goal for the enhanced BSE surveillance program
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has tested 263,115 high risk cattle as of March 6 with no BSE positive cases found, as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) enhanced surveillance program which began in June 2004.
Canadian border should remain closed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan to reopen the Canadian Border to beef imports is running into serious opposition.
Animal ID projects launch online
States and tribes invested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new national animal identification system (NAIS) are increasingly offering online premises registration to ease their participants’ first step toward getting involved.