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AsiaPacific

Australia live sheep ship heads to new destination
A shipment of Australian live sheep which have been rejected by two countries in the Middle East are now on their way to a third unnamed destination, Australian industry body LiveCorp said on Wednesday.

Americas

Food and mouth won't affect Argentina beef status
Argentinamay retain its status as "free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination" from an international animal health watchdog because a recent outbreak of the virus occurred in a small area in a non-ranching region, an organization official said on Tuesday.

Canadian farmers frustrated feed rules not changed
Some Canadian farmers said on Tuesday they are frustrated that the Canadian government has not yet changed feed rules and testing rates as recommended by world experts after a case of mad cow disease was found in the country.

Canadian audit: Industry standards have slipped
Two beef plants in Ontario and Quebecfailed an audit of Canadian slaughterhouses. The audit found excessive use of electric prods, cattle falling on slippery floors as they waited to be stunned, and cattle hung upside down and bellowing as their throats were slit, according to a story in the Toronto Star.

Major Packer Says Canadian Beef Will Roll Across US Border Wednesday
One of Canada's largest meat packers says it will ship its first loads of beef into the United States since May, after receiving permits from American officials Tuesday.

Chile Suspends Argentine Meat Imports
The government of Chileon Tuesday suspended Argentine meat imports due to an outbreak of foot- and-mouth disease there and declared a state of sanitary emergency on the common border.

Official Government Site for the WTO Cancun Ministerial Conference
The Fifth WTO conference, held in Cancun, Mexico, from September 10-14, 2003, represents the midpoint in negotiations set forth at the Doha Ministerial in November 2001. Doha established goals for lowering barriers to global trade and development by 2005. At the Cancunmeeting we will seek to specify the negotiating frameworks for attaining the Doha Development Agenda.

Europe

EU bans Argentine beef exports from FMD-hit zone
The European Union has halted beef imports from northern Argentinadue to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

UDPATE 1-Russia starts inspections to accept Canadian beef
Russian officials will inspect Canadian beef slaughter plants within the month, part of an effort to restart beef trade after Canadareported a case of mad cow disease, Canadian officials said on Tuesday.

USA

U.S. beef company launching food safety treatment
Farmland National Beef Packing Co., the nation's fourth-largest beef packer, next month will start spraying all of its products with a new food safety treatment aimed at protecting against food-borne illnesses.

The bull run continues as cattle prices hit record highs
Feedlot operators in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraskareported that packers have paid as much as $90 per hundred pounds for cattle -- $3 to $4 higher than a week ago -- smashing previous records by at least $2 to $3, cattle traders and market analysts said.

Excel to implement new carcass inspection system
Excel Corp. will implement eMerge Interactive Inc.'s VerifEYE Carcass Inspection System in its beef processing plants to help improve food safety.

AsiaPacific

Australia live sheep ship heads to new destination
A shipment of Australian live sheep which have been rejected by two countries in the Middle East are now on their way to a third unnamed destination, Australian industry body LiveCorp said on Wednesday.

Americas

Food and mouth won't affect Argentina beef status
Argentinamay retain its status as "free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination" from an international animal health watchdog because a recent outbreak of the virus occurred in a small area in a non-ranching region, an organization official said on Tuesday.

Canadian farmers frustrated feed rules not changed
Some Canadian farmers said on Tuesday they are frustrated that the Canadian government has not yet changed feed rules and testing rates as recommended by world experts after a case of mad cow disease was found in the country.

Canadian audit: Industry standards have slipped
Two beef plants in Ontario and Quebecfailed an audit of Canadian slaughterhouses. The audit found excessive use of electric prods, cattle falling on slippery floors as they waited to be stunned, and cattle hung upside down and bellowing as their throats were slit, according to a story in the Toronto Star.

Major Packer Says Canadian Beef Will Roll Across US Border Wednesday
One of Canada's largest meat packers says it will ship its first loads of beef into the United States since May, after receiving permits from American officials Tuesday.

Chile Suspends Argentine Meat Imports
The government of Chileon Tuesday suspended Argentine meat imports due to an outbreak of foot- and-mouth disease there and declared a state of sanitary emergency on the common border.

Official Government Site for the WTO Cancun Ministerial Conference
The Fifth WTO conference, held in Cancun, Mexico, from September 10-14, 2003, represents the midpoint in negotiations set forth at the Doha Ministerial in November 2001. Doha established goals for lowering barriers to global trade and development by 2005. At the Cancunmeeting we will seek to specify the negotiating frameworks for attaining the Doha Development Agenda.

Europe

EU bans Argentine beef exports from FMD-hit zone
The European Union has halted beef imports from northern Argentinadue to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

UDPATE 1-Russia starts inspections to accept Canadian beef
Russian officials will inspect Canadian beef slaughter plants within the month, part of an effort to restart beef trade after Canadareported a case of mad cow disease, Canadian officials said on Tuesday.

USA

U.S. beef company launching food safety treatment
Farmland National Beef Packing Co., the nation's fourth-largest beef packer, next month will start spraying all of its products with a new food safety treatment aimed at protecting against food-borne illnesses.

The bull run continues as cattle prices hit record highs
Feedlot operators in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraskareported that packers have paid as much as $90 per hundred pounds for cattle -- $3 to $4 higher than a week ago -- smashing previous records by at least $2 to $3, cattle traders and market analysts said.

Excel to implement new carcass inspection system
Excel Corp. will implement eMerge Interactive Inc.'s VerifEYE Carcass Inspection System in its beef processing plants to help improve food safety.