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Korean officials worry that U.S. might take beef case to WTO

Korean government officials said that they are worried that if the market is not reopened to U.S. beef soon, the United States might take the case to the World Trade Organization.

Japan says wants U.S. beef report before meeting
Japan wants to review a report by U.S. officials on their re-audit of American beef plants before the two sides meet to discuss beef trade, suspended for nearly four months over mad cow disease fears, a Japanese official said.

 

Illegal Imports Cause Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic in Vietnam

Foot-and-mouth disease is raging in Vietnam due to the increasing illegal import of cattle into the country, said a conference in central Khanh Hoa province

 

America

 

Argentine beef export ban leads to mass layoffs

Swift Armour SA, Argentina's largest meatpacker, has reportedly laid off 600 employees this week, following another layoff of 736 in mid-April.

 

Western Canada's ethanol and hog industry to compete for wheat this year
The competition for wheat supplies between the ethanol industry and the hog industry in western Canada would be fierce this year with two large ethanol plants coming on-line, an analyst said.

 

Europe

 

Scottish beef is back in Belgium

Scotland’s Food Minister Ross Finnie and the chairman of Quality Meat Scotland Donald Biggar attended a dinner at the U.K.’s Belgium ambassador’s residence on Wednesday to re-launch Scottish beef back into the Belgian market.

 

USA

 

USDA vet reassigned over BSE test program overpayments

A veterinarian in Madison, Wis., has been reassigned while USDA investigates $1.2 million in overpayments identified during an audit of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy surveillance program.

Asia Pacific

Korean officials worry that U.S. might take beef case to WTO

Korean government officials said that they are worried that if the market is not reopened to U.S. beef soon, the United States might take the case to the World Trade Organization.

Japan says wants U.S. beef report before meeting
Japan wants to review a report by U.S. officials on their re-audit of American beef plants before the two sides meet to discuss beef trade, suspended for nearly four months over mad cow disease fears, a Japanese official said.

 

Illegal Imports Cause Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic in Vietnam

Foot-and-mouth disease is raging in Vietnam due to the increasing illegal import of cattle into the country, said a conference in central Khanh Hoa province

 

America

 

Argentine beef export ban leads to mass layoffs

Swift Armour SA, Argentina's largest meatpacker, has reportedly laid off 600 employees this week, following another layoff of 736 in mid-April.

 

Western Canada's ethanol and hog industry to compete for wheat this year
The competition for wheat supplies between the ethanol industry and the hog industry in western Canada would be fierce this year with two large ethanol plants coming on-line, an analyst said.

 

Europe

 

Scottish beef is back in Belgium

Scotland’s Food Minister Ross Finnie and the chairman of Quality Meat Scotland Donald Biggar attended a dinner at the U.K.’s Belgium ambassador’s residence on Wednesday to re-launch Scottish beef back into the Belgian market.

 

USA

 

USDA vet reassigned over BSE test program overpayments

A veterinarian in Madison, Wis., has been reassigned while USDA investigates $1.2 million in overpayments identified during an audit of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy surveillance program.