Asia PacificU.S./Japan beef talks set for March. 27USDA Sec. Mike Johanns ann...

Asia Pacific

U.S./Japan beef talks set for March. 27
USDA Sec. Mike Johanns announced a USDA technical team will meet with Japanese government officials on Monday, March 27, to answer questions and press for the reopening of the Japanese market to U.S. beef.

South Korea expected to accept USDA assurances on BSE cow
U.S - South Korea is certain to accept U.S. assurances that the latest case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. isn't a result of weak cattle-feed safety measures, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said.

Americas

Meat research center set to open in Alberta
Agri-Food Discovery Place, a state-of-the-art agricultural research center, will officially open in June at the University of Alberta.

USA

Creekstone Farms to sue U.S.D.A. over B.S.E. testing
After two years of unsuccessfully lobbying the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to allow it to voluntarily test all of its cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, John Stewart, C.E.O. of Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, has announced the company will file a lawsuit against the agency tomorrow (March 23).

BSE Cow Older than feed ban
USDA said the Alabama cow identified as the third case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was at least 10 years old.

U.S. sets standards for ID devices
The Agriculture Department’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) implemented the livestock identification number as the next phase of the voluntary National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

USDA develops rapid salmonella test for RTE meats
The test utilizes polymerase chain reaction technology to detect pathogens on a molecular level.

Asia Pacific

U.S./Japan beef talks set for March. 27
USDA Sec. Mike Johanns announced a USDA technical team will meet with Japanese government officials on Monday, March 27, to answer questions and press for the reopening of the Japanese market to U.S. beef.

South Korea expected to accept USDA assurances on BSE cow
U.S - South Korea is certain to accept U.S. assurances that the latest case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. isn't a result of weak cattle-feed safety measures, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said.

Americas

Meat research center set to open in Alberta
Agri-Food Discovery Place, a state-of-the-art agricultural research center, will officially open in June at the University of Alberta.

USA

Creekstone Farms to sue U.S.D.A. over B.S.E. testing
After two years of unsuccessfully lobbying the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to allow it to voluntarily test all of its cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, John Stewart, C.E.O. of Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, has announced the company will file a lawsuit against the agency tomorrow (March 23).

BSE Cow Older than feed ban
USDA said the Alabama cow identified as the third case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was at least 10 years old.

U.S. sets standards for ID devices
The Agriculture Department’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) implemented the livestock identification number as the next phase of the voluntary National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

USDA develops rapid salmonella test for RTE meats
The test utilizes polymerase chain reaction technology to detect pathogens on a molecular level.