Asia Pacific | Japan says no word from USDA on beef firm's requestTOKYO, Mar...
Asia Pacific
Japan says no word from USDA on beef firm's request
TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Japan has not had any official word from Washington on a U.S. meatpacker's request that it be allowed to test all of its cattle as a way of resuming exports to Japan, a farm ministry official said on Friday.
Subsidies Investigated
Australia’s meat industry complains about subsidies given to livestock exporters.
Americas
Canadian officials examine deadstock dumping claims
A Canadian judicial panel reviewing a provincial meat inspection program has found some Ontariofarmers are illegally dumping dead cattle in some of the province's wooded areas to avoid rendering costs, the Canadian Press reported.
USA
Bacon craze sends U.S. pork belly prices soaring
CHICAGO, March 25 (Reuters) - It's crunchy, it tastes good, and it's become something of a food craze. Bacon is being sold by restaurants on everything from salads to hamburgers to boost flavor and attract the legions of consumers on high-protein diets.
BREAKING NEWS: USA Today endorses Creekstone testing plan
USA Today, the nation's largest newspaper, endorsed Creekstone's proposal to test all of the cattle it slaughters at its Arkansas City, Kan., plant, noting in an editorial published Friday that the Agriculture Department's and industry's opposition to the company's plans to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in all of the cattle it processes is "confounding."
BREAKING NEWS: California lawmakers mull 100 percent BSE testing bill
Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill in the state legislature that would make California's government only the second in the world to require 100 percent testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Reader Comments on COOL
A beef processor urges science not emotion in settling the debate over country-of-origin labeling.
Asia Pacific
Japan says no word from USDA on beef firm's request
TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Japan has not had any official word from Washington on a U.S. meatpacker's request that it be allowed to test all of its cattle as a way of resuming exports to Japan, a farm ministry official said on Friday.
Subsidies Investigated
Australia’s meat industry complains about subsidies given to livestock exporters.
Americas
Canadian officials examine deadstock dumping claims
A Canadian judicial panel reviewing a provincial meat inspection program has found some Ontariofarmers are illegally dumping dead cattle in some of the province's wooded areas to avoid rendering costs, the Canadian Press reported.
USA
Bacon craze sends U.S. pork belly prices soaring
CHICAGO, March 25 (Reuters) - It's crunchy, it tastes good, and it's become something of a food craze. Bacon is being sold by restaurants on everything from salads to hamburgers to boost flavor and attract the legions of consumers on high-protein diets.
BREAKING NEWS: USA Today endorses Creekstone testing plan
USA Today, the nation's largest newspaper, endorsed Creekstone's proposal to test all of the cattle it slaughters at its Arkansas City, Kan., plant, noting in an editorial published Friday that the Agriculture Department's and industry's opposition to the company's plans to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in all of the cattle it processes is "confounding."
BREAKING NEWS: California lawmakers mull 100 percent BSE testing bill
Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill in the state legislature that would make California's government only the second in the world to require 100 percent testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Reader Comments on COOL
A beef processor urges science not emotion in settling the debate over country-of-origin labeling.