Asia PacificSwift pushes Hong Kong to resume imports from Greeley plantThree ...

Asia Pacific

Swift pushes Hong Kong to resume imports from Greeley plant
Three months after Hong Kong imposed a ban on beef products from its Greeley processing plant, officials at Swift & Co. have petitioned trade officials there to resume beef imports from the plant.

China beef trade steady
Australian beef exports to the Far East remained steady in the first part of 2006.

Europe

British beef return hailed in Belgium
A reception held in Brussels celebrates the return of British beef to the E.U. market.

Italian beef giant expands restaurant chain
Cremonini opens a seventh Roadhouse Grill-branded steakhouse in Reggio Emilia.

USA

Most recent BSE cases may have been atypical strain
The two most recent and sole native-born cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States may have been spontaneous, or atypical, strains of the disease, and far different from the more common form of BSE discovered in Canada and most other BSE-affected countries.

Researchers develop new test for foot-and-mouth disease
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are testing a new system to diagnose foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.

U.S. beef export struggle
The U.S. negotiating team has returned from China without a final agreement on trade resumption.

USDA considers label for grass-fed beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to allow people who feed their beef cattle exclusively on grass in Nebraska and other states to apply a special “grass-fed” label to their meat.

Asia Pacific

Swift pushes Hong Kong to resume imports from Greeley plant
Three months after Hong Kong imposed a ban on beef products from its Greeley processing plant, officials at Swift & Co. have petitioned trade officials there to resume beef imports from the plant.

China beef trade steady
Australian beef exports to the Far East remained steady in the first part of 2006.

Europe

British beef return hailed in Belgium
A reception held in Brussels celebrates the return of British beef to the E.U. market.

Italian beef giant expands restaurant chain
Cremonini opens a seventh Roadhouse Grill-branded steakhouse in Reggio Emilia.

USA

Most recent BSE cases may have been atypical strain
The two most recent and sole native-born cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States may have been spontaneous, or atypical, strains of the disease, and far different from the more common form of BSE discovered in Canada and most other BSE-affected countries.

Researchers develop new test for foot-and-mouth disease
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are testing a new system to diagnose foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.

U.S. beef export struggle
The U.S. negotiating team has returned from China without a final agreement on trade resumption.

USDA considers label for grass-fed beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to allow people who feed their beef cattle exclusively on grass in Nebraska and other states to apply a special “grass-fed” label to their meat.