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Asia Pacific

Thailand opening market to Canadian beef
Thailand plans to end its ban on Canadian beef imposed because of BSE.

Record Australian lamb exports go to Japan
While Australian lamb exports to Japan break all records, beef exports are down.

Japan may OK quarantined U.S. beef
U.S. beef put in storage at ports in Japan and other places after Tokyo's reinstatement of an import ban in January will be allowed to enter the Japanese market if the ban is removed, possibly this month, and its safety is confirmed through blanket checking, the government said Thursday.

Thailand allowing beef products
Thailand's decision to accept Canadian beef is bolstering hopes that larger Asian markets will soon follow suit.

South Korea may delay resuming U.S. beef imports
South Korea could push back its plan to resume U.S. beef exports from later this week to next month because of problems Seoul sees with U.S. meat processors, the agriculture minister said on Monday.

Americas

Canadian Food Inspection Agency prepares to update rules for transporting livestock
Canadian livestock producers are being encouraged to familiarize themselves with existing requirements for transporting livestock under the Health of Animals Act and to make themselves aware of changes that are being proposed for those rules.

Europe

EU concessions on beef trade stirs wrath of farmers
The European Union has made tariff concessions in negotiations for a World Trade Organization worldwide free-trade agreement that are making European cattle farmers very nervous.

USA

USDA weighs label for beef from cattle fed only grass
The image that schoolchildren conjure up when they imagine how animals live probably looks a little like Eric Rice's Country Pleasures Farm: A half-dozen steers on acres of hill pasture, gnawing lazily on orchard grass.

Asia Pacific

Thailand opening market to Canadian beef
Thailand plans to end its ban on Canadian beef imposed because of BSE.

Record Australian lamb exports go to Japan
While Australian lamb exports to Japan break all records, beef exports are down.

Japan may OK quarantined U.S. beef
U.S. beef put in storage at ports in Japan and other places after Tokyo's reinstatement of an import ban in January will be allowed to enter the Japanese market if the ban is removed, possibly this month, and its safety is confirmed through blanket checking, the government said Thursday.

Thailand allowing beef products
Thailand's decision to accept Canadian beef is bolstering hopes that larger Asian markets will soon follow suit.

South Korea may delay resuming U.S. beef imports
South Korea could push back its plan to resume U.S. beef exports from later this week to next month because of problems Seoul sees with U.S. meat processors, the agriculture minister said on Monday.

Americas

Canadian Food Inspection Agency prepares to update rules for transporting livestock
Canadian livestock producers are being encouraged to familiarize themselves with existing requirements for transporting livestock under the Health of Animals Act and to make themselves aware of changes that are being proposed for those rules.

Europe

EU concessions on beef trade stirs wrath of farmers
The European Union has made tariff concessions in negotiations for a World Trade Organization worldwide free-trade agreement that are making European cattle farmers very nervous.

USA

USDA weighs label for beef from cattle fed only grass
The image that schoolchildren conjure up when they imagine how animals live probably looks a little like Eric Rice's Country Pleasures Farm: A half-dozen steers on acres of hill pasture, gnawing lazily on orchard grass.