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U.S., Japanese officials meet but reach no new agreements on beef trade
Japanese and U.S. officials met in Tokyoto discuss steps being taken to increase safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, but no decision was reached on when Japan would resume beef trade with America, the Associated Press reported.

Another view: Japanese perspectives on U.S. beef ban
One month has passed since the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was reported in theUnited States. Japan immediately banned U.S. beef imports.

Record Lamb Exports
Australia's lamb exports perform well against the odds.

Japan Demands Australian Beef
Japanese import ban onU.S. beef starts to affect Australian market.

Barcoding beef to aid trace-back
T-bones, porterhouse and fillet steaks are just some of the cuts of beef now being labelled with barcodes inJapan, to help improve animal trace-back and consumer confidence.

Japan-U.S. talks fail over measures for BSE
Japan will continue its ban on U.S. beef after high-level talks Friday on mad cow disease in the United States failed to close differences between the two countries.

Americas

Brazil adopts US mad cow safeguard for beef exports
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said late Friday it had adopted the mad cow safeguard of banning sick or injured cattle for human consumption, as requested by the United States of world beef exporters.

Middle East

FMD in Israel
Foot and mouth disease confirmed in two calves in Middle Eastern country.

Europe

EU: Commission moves to counter pig meat crisis
The European Commission is to introduce measures to combat the current crisis in the EU pig meat sector.

WTO to Set Value of EU, Japan Sanctions Against U.S. (Update2)
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The World Trade Organization agreed to decide how much in sanctions eight governments including the European Union and Japan can slap on U.S. imports to strike back against a law that giv...

USA

U.S., Costa Rica reach free trade agreement
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - After an intense round of final talks, Costa Rica on Sunday agreed to join a free trade pact with the United States that four other Central American countries already have joined, U.S. and Costa Rican trade officials said.

Spending bill delays COOL until 2006
The Senate approved a $373 billion "catch-all" spending bill containing a provision that delays the implementation of Country of Origin Labeling until September 2006.

COOL Delayed
U.S. Senate passes an appropriations bill that delays funding for the much-debated country-of-origin labeling law for two years.

Meat Retreat
U.S. processors produced slightly less meat in 2003 than they did in 2002.

Times are a-changin' on the beef-boycott front
Don't expect any "beefless Wednesdays" campaigns by consumers in the wake of recent record supermarket prices for beef.

Asia Pacific

U.S., Japanese officials meet but reach no new agreements on beef trade
Japanese and U.S. officials met in Tokyoto discuss steps being taken to increase safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, but no decision was reached on when Japan would resume beef trade with America, the Associated Press reported.

Another view: Japanese perspectives on U.S. beef ban
One month has passed since the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was reported in theUnited States. Japan immediately banned U.S. beef imports.

Record Lamb Exports
Australia's lamb exports perform well against the odds.

Japan Demands Australian Beef
Japanese import ban onU.S. beef starts to affect Australian market.

Barcoding beef to aid trace-back
T-bones, porterhouse and fillet steaks are just some of the cuts of beef now being labelled with barcodes inJapan, to help improve animal trace-back and consumer confidence.

Japan-U.S. talks fail over measures for BSE
Japan will continue its ban on U.S. beef after high-level talks Friday on mad cow disease in the United States failed to close differences between the two countries.

Americas

Brazil adopts US mad cow safeguard for beef exports
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said late Friday it had adopted the mad cow safeguard of banning sick or injured cattle for human consumption, as requested by the United States of world beef exporters.

Middle East

FMD in Israel
Foot and mouth disease confirmed in two calves in Middle Eastern country.

Europe

EU: Commission moves to counter pig meat crisis
The European Commission is to introduce measures to combat the current crisis in the EU pig meat sector.

WTO to Set Value of EU, Japan Sanctions Against U.S. (Update2)
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The World Trade Organization agreed to decide how much in sanctions eight governments including the European Union and Japan can slap on U.S. imports to strike back against a law that giv...

USA

U.S., Costa Rica reach free trade agreement
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - After an intense round of final talks, Costa Rica on Sunday agreed to join a free trade pact with the United States that four other Central American countries already have joined, U.S. and Costa Rican trade officials said.

Spending bill delays COOL until 2006
The Senate approved a $373 billion "catch-all" spending bill containing a provision that delays the implementation of Country of Origin Labeling until September 2006.

COOL Delayed
U.S. Senate passes an appropriations bill that delays funding for the much-debated country-of-origin labeling law for two years.

Meat Retreat
U.S. processors produced slightly less meat in 2003 than they did in 2002.

Times are a-changin' on the beef-boycott front
Don't expect any "beefless Wednesdays" campaigns by consumers in the wake of recent record supermarket prices for beef.