Asia PacificS. Korea's Cheong Wa Dae denies pledge to lift U.S. beef banCheon...

Asia Pacific

S. Korea's Cheong Wa Dae denies pledge to lift U.S. beef ban
Cheong Wa Dae Thursday dismissed allegations South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun pledged to soon resume imports of U.S. beef at the request of U.S. President George W. Bush when they met in Washington in early June.

Japan exec’s indicted over pork
Prosecutors indicted Wednesday major meatpacker Itoham Foods Inc., meat importers and several executives at the firms for allegedly evading customs duties on imported pork, investigation sources said.

China reports foot-and-mouth outbreak
China has reported another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which infected 40 head of cattle, according to the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization.

Food Safety Commissioners attack Japanese government over beef ban
Just when it seemed that Japan was moving rapidly toward reopening its market to American beef products, controversy broke out during a scheduled meeting of the independent Food Safety Commission, when members attacked the government for allegedly caving to U.S. pressure.

Americas

U.S., Canadian border case on TV
A courtroom battle by the U.S. government to restart imports of live Canadian cattle amid claims mad cow disease in that country may pose a risk to U.S. consumers is to be televised next month.

New slaughter plant in planning stages in Alberta
Designs are underway to build a $40 million (Canadian) beef processing plant in Pincher Creek, Alberta.

Europe

Imported pork may pose biosecurity threat
New Zealand pork producers are nervous that imported pork is jeopardising efforts to rid this country of PMWS (post weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome).

USA

Economic impact of BSE still playing out
Two years after the North American beef industry was rocked by the arrival of BSE, the economic impact continues to play out.

Identification Funding
USDA receives $14.3 million to fund the premises-registration segment of the National Animal Identification System.

Outlook for beef after '05 darkens
Iowa cattle producers can expect strong prices for their livestock to continue this year, but the outlook is less positive beyond 2005, industry experts said Wednesday.

AMI testifies in senate agriculture committee hearing on mandatory price reporting
AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle today outlined for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture the multitude of reporting requirements and negligible benefits associated with the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act, but noted that AMI is willing to support a five-year extension to the statute if program changes are minimal.

FDA feed enforcement data
FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has assembled data from the inspections conducted where final inspection reports have been recorded in the FDA's inspection database as of June 11.

 

Asia Pacific

S. Korea's Cheong Wa Dae denies pledge to lift U.S. beef ban
Cheong Wa Dae Thursday dismissed allegations South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun pledged to soon resume imports of U.S. beef at the request of U.S. President George W. Bush when they met in Washington in early June.

Japan exec’s indicted over pork
Prosecutors indicted Wednesday major meatpacker Itoham Foods Inc., meat importers and several executives at the firms for allegedly evading customs duties on imported pork, investigation sources said.

China reports foot-and-mouth outbreak
China has reported another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which infected 40 head of cattle, according to the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization.

Food Safety Commissioners attack Japanese government over beef ban
Just when it seemed that Japan was moving rapidly toward reopening its market to American beef products, controversy broke out during a scheduled meeting of the independent Food Safety Commission, when members attacked the government for allegedly caving to U.S. pressure.

Americas

U.S., Canadian border case on TV
A courtroom battle by the U.S. government to restart imports of live Canadian cattle amid claims mad cow disease in that country may pose a risk to U.S. consumers is to be televised next month.

New slaughter plant in planning stages in Alberta
Designs are underway to build a $40 million (Canadian) beef processing plant in Pincher Creek, Alberta.

Europe

Imported pork may pose biosecurity threat
New Zealand pork producers are nervous that imported pork is jeopardising efforts to rid this country of PMWS (post weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome).

USA

Economic impact of BSE still playing out
Two years after the North American beef industry was rocked by the arrival of BSE, the economic impact continues to play out.

Identification Funding
USDA receives $14.3 million to fund the premises-registration segment of the National Animal Identification System.

Outlook for beef after '05 darkens
Iowa cattle producers can expect strong prices for their livestock to continue this year, but the outlook is less positive beyond 2005, industry experts said Wednesday.

AMI testifies in senate agriculture committee hearing on mandatory price reporting
AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle today outlined for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture the multitude of reporting requirements and negligible benefits associated with the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act, but noted that AMI is willing to support a five-year extension to the statute if program changes are minimal.

FDA feed enforcement data
FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has assembled data from the inspections conducted where final inspection reports have been recorded in the FDA's inspection database as of June 11.