Asia PacificKorea Lodges Protest Over US BeefSouth Korea has filed an offic...

Asia Pacific
Korea Lodges Protest Over US Beef
South Korea has filed an official complaint against the United States about several U.S. government officials' speculations that Korea might have planted bone fragments in the recent American beef shipments to Incheon.

Japan may scale back inspection of U.S. beef imports
The government indicated Monday it may end the current practice of inspecting all boxes of beef imports from the United States over fears of mad-cow disease.

Animal epidemics to be 'wiped out'
Authorities hope to control or even eradicate severe animal diseases like bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease by 2015, according to a recently released plan.

ASEAN
Taiwan upbeat about lifting Canadian beef ban
The Department of Health is planning to visit Canada at the end of the month to evaluate the possibility of lifting the ban on Canadian beef, President Chen Shui-bian said.

United States
Survey Says Some Believe Beef Issue Could Break Korea-U.S. FTA
Many U.S. opinion leaders closely following free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with South Korea believe the recent flare-up over beef could turn into a deal-breaker, a survey released Tuesday said.

Nation's animal ID system goes voluntary
What began as a federal move toward a mandatory animal identification program has been knocked down a notch. But making the National Animal Identification System voluntary doesn’t mean it will fade from existence, says one University of Georgia expert.

Asia Pacific
Korea Lodges Protest Over US Beef
South Korea has filed an official complaint against the United States about several U.S. government officials' speculations that Korea might have planted bone fragments in the recent American beef shipments to Incheon.

Japan may scale back inspection of U.S. beef imports
The government indicated Monday it may end the current practice of inspecting all boxes of beef imports from the United States over fears of mad-cow disease.

Animal epidemics to be 'wiped out'
Authorities hope to control or even eradicate severe animal diseases like bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease by 2015, according to a recently released plan.

ASEAN
Taiwan upbeat about lifting Canadian beef ban
The Department of Health is planning to visit Canada at the end of the month to evaluate the possibility of lifting the ban on Canadian beef, President Chen Shui-bian said.

United States
Survey Says Some Believe Beef Issue Could Break Korea-U.S. FTA
Many U.S. opinion leaders closely following free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with South Korea believe the recent flare-up over beef could turn into a deal-breaker, a survey released Tuesday said.

Nation's animal ID system goes voluntary
What began as a federal move toward a mandatory animal identification program has been knocked down a notch. But making the National Animal Identification System voluntary doesn’t mean it will fade from existence, says one University of Georgia expert.