Asia PacificH.K. may resume Japan beef imports 5 years after BSE banJapan p...

Asia Pacific
H.K. may resume Japan beef imports 5 years after BSE ban
Japan plans to work out soon the final details of an accord with Hong Kong for the territory to resume imports of Japanese beef after banning the trade since September 2001 when Japan discovered its first case of mad cow disease, diplomatic sources said Thursday.

Europe
Welsh Beef Gets Boost
The beef industry in Wales has been given a boost with the news of the first overseas order for Welsh breeding cattle since the 1980s. The deal comes alongside the sale of a 40-strong sheep flock to a European shepherd group.

Record number of registrations for Aberdeen-Angus
Aberdeen-Angus is the most famous brand of beef in the world, with vast herds in North and South America, Canada and Australasia.

Canada
New pork plant owners looking for organic profits
Prince Edward Island is known foremost for its potatoes and oysters, but a small group of businessmen is hoping to bulk up that reputation with pork.

Ontario Pork to Implement National Tattooing and Premises ID
The Canadian Pork Council and provincial pork organizations have been working towards a National Hog Identification and Traceability (ID&T) system that will raise the hog industry's preparedness in a crisis situation.

United States
The Beef With Meat
Food industry is enhancing meat with water, salt and chemicals to increase flavor, yet still charging 100 percent meat prices.

InfraGard Expanded To Protect Meat
The FBI anti-terrorism program InfraGard has been established as a section dedicated entirely to protecting U.S. agriculture and food processing.

Asia Pacific
H.K. may resume Japan beef imports 5 years after BSE ban
Japan plans to work out soon the final details of an accord with Hong Kong for the territory to resume imports of Japanese beef after banning the trade since September 2001 when Japan discovered its first case of mad cow disease, diplomatic sources said Thursday.

Europe
Welsh Beef Gets Boost
The beef industry in Wales has been given a boost with the news of the first overseas order for Welsh breeding cattle since the 1980s. The deal comes alongside the sale of a 40-strong sheep flock to a European shepherd group.

Record number of registrations for Aberdeen-Angus
Aberdeen-Angus is the most famous brand of beef in the world, with vast herds in North and South America, Canada and Australasia.

Canada
New pork plant owners looking for organic profits
Prince Edward Island is known foremost for its potatoes and oysters, but a small group of businessmen is hoping to bulk up that reputation with pork.

Ontario Pork to Implement National Tattooing and Premises ID
The Canadian Pork Council and provincial pork organizations have been working towards a National Hog Identification and Traceability (ID&T) system that will raise the hog industry's preparedness in a crisis situation.

United States
The Beef With Meat
Food industry is enhancing meat with water, salt and chemicals to increase flavor, yet still charging 100 percent meat prices.

InfraGard Expanded To Protect Meat
The FBI anti-terrorism program InfraGard has been established as a section dedicated entirely to protecting U.S. agriculture and food processing.