Asia PacificHearings into pig meat import risk analysisThe third day of hear...

Asia Pacific

Hearings into pig meat import risk analysis
The third day of hearings into Australian Pork Limited's legal challenge to an import risk analysis for pig meat has heard from several overseas witnesses.

Europe

Dutch Dioxin Scare Spreads to France and Spain
France and Spain were hit on Tuesday by a dioxin contamination scare that has forced the closure of almost 200 Dutch farms after the cancer-causing toxin was found in animal feed.

Ireland suffers first homegrown case of human form of mad cow disease
Irelandhas suffered its first homegrown case of the human form of mad cow disease, the government confirmed Wednesday.

Hormone Hostility
The European Union has started the disputes procedure against Canada and the United States in the World Trade Organization.

Americas

World Meat Trade
Total meat exports of beef, pork, broiler meat, and turkey of leading world suppliers are forecast to set a record in 2005 with production reaching 17.6 million tons, up by 5.4 percent from 2004, according to USDA statistics.

RFID gets going in Canada thanks to cattle set-aside program
A recently announced set-aside program that provides funding for Canadian farmers and ranchers to reduce the near-term surplus of animals going to processing could be a boon to the RFID (radio frequency identification) industry.

Manitoba ponies up for new slaughter plant
The province of Manitoba has pledged another $2 million (Canadian) to finance a Rancher's Choice Beef Co-op slaughterhouse in the town of Dauphin.

Ambassador hopes U.S. border will soon open to Canadian beef
The United States could reopen its border to live Canadian beef imports "in a fairly short period of time," the American ambassador to Canada said Tuesday.

New names for pork cuts
Butt out, shoulder blade is in. And forget tenderloin. That cut is now called sirloin -- or will be, come Jan. 1, 2005.

USA

Beef Market Situation Boosts Hog Prices
There was some good that came from the discovery of a BSE-infected dairy cow in Washington state last December.

Asia Pacific

Hearings into pig meat import risk analysis
The third day of hearings into Australian Pork Limited's legal challenge to an import risk analysis for pig meat has heard from several overseas witnesses.

Europe

Dutch Dioxin Scare Spreads to France and Spain
France and Spain were hit on Tuesday by a dioxin contamination scare that has forced the closure of almost 200 Dutch farms after the cancer-causing toxin was found in animal feed.

Ireland suffers first homegrown case of human form of mad cow disease
Irelandhas suffered its first homegrown case of the human form of mad cow disease, the government confirmed Wednesday.

Hormone Hostility
The European Union has started the disputes procedure against Canada and the United States in the World Trade Organization.

Americas

World Meat Trade
Total meat exports of beef, pork, broiler meat, and turkey of leading world suppliers are forecast to set a record in 2005 with production reaching 17.6 million tons, up by 5.4 percent from 2004, according to USDA statistics.

RFID gets going in Canada thanks to cattle set-aside program
A recently announced set-aside program that provides funding for Canadian farmers and ranchers to reduce the near-term surplus of animals going to processing could be a boon to the RFID (radio frequency identification) industry.

Manitoba ponies up for new slaughter plant
The province of Manitoba has pledged another $2 million (Canadian) to finance a Rancher's Choice Beef Co-op slaughterhouse in the town of Dauphin.

Ambassador hopes U.S. border will soon open to Canadian beef
The United States could reopen its border to live Canadian beef imports "in a fairly short period of time," the American ambassador to Canada said Tuesday.

New names for pork cuts
Butt out, shoulder blade is in. And forget tenderloin. That cut is now called sirloin -- or will be, come Jan. 1, 2005.

USA

Beef Market Situation Boosts Hog Prices
There was some good that came from the discovery of a BSE-infected dairy cow in Washington state last December.