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Asia Pacific

Japan to ban cattle backbone in food products
Japan plans to ban the sale and production of food products that contain cow backbone from any countries with reported cases of mad cow disease in an effort to further protect consumers from the human variant of the disease, officials said.

Record Month for Lamb Exports
Australian lamb exports rise by 47 percent over the last month.

Ramadan fails to lift cattle exports
Exports of live cattle toAustralia's largest market have dropped by nearly forty percent for the month of September, compared to the same period last year

Cows Raised with BSE-infected Cow Tested Negative for Disease
Ten cows raised with a cow infected with mad cow disease at a farm in western Japan tested negative for the disease and were incinerated later, local prefecture governments there said Monday.

Americas

Canadian Beef Trade Questioned
National Cattlemen's Beef Association develops a question-and-answer program on bovine spongiform encephalopathy’s impact on the status of the Canadian beef trade.

Europe

EU: Competition regulator may target large agricultural production cooperatives
European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has warned large northern European agricultural production cooperatives that they may in future be targeted by the European Commission to reduce their market power.

USA

Food Safety Guidelines Released
USDA updates information to help consumers with food preparation and storage.

Tyson signs $2.7-million deal with Cuban importer
Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor, has signed a $ 2.7 million contract with Alimport, the Cuban import company, further tapping into thatCaribbeanisland nation's $ 22 million poultry market.

Asia Pacific

Japan to ban cattle backbone in food products
Japan plans to ban the sale and production of food products that contain cow backbone from any countries with reported cases of mad cow disease in an effort to further protect consumers from the human variant of the disease, officials said.

Record Month for Lamb Exports
Australian lamb exports rise by 47 percent over the last month.

Ramadan fails to lift cattle exports
Exports of live cattle toAustralia's largest market have dropped by nearly forty percent for the month of September, compared to the same period last year

Cows Raised with BSE-infected Cow Tested Negative for Disease
Ten cows raised with a cow infected with mad cow disease at a farm in western Japan tested negative for the disease and were incinerated later, local prefecture governments there said Monday.

Americas

Canadian Beef Trade Questioned
National Cattlemen's Beef Association develops a question-and-answer program on bovine spongiform encephalopathy’s impact on the status of the Canadian beef trade.

Europe

EU: Competition regulator may target large agricultural production cooperatives
European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has warned large northern European agricultural production cooperatives that they may in future be targeted by the European Commission to reduce their market power.

USA

Food Safety Guidelines Released
USDA updates information to help consumers with food preparation and storage.

Tyson signs $2.7-million deal with Cuban importer
Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor, has signed a $ 2.7 million contract with Alimport, the Cuban import company, further tapping into thatCaribbeanisland nation's $ 22 million poultry market.