Asia PacificTaiwan Lawmaker Seeks Consumer Alliance For U.S. Beef SafetyCons...

Asia Pacific
Taiwan Lawmaker Seeks Consumer Alliance For U.S. Beef Safety
Consumer protection groups in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the United States should form an alliance to tighten a watch on U.S. beef safety and mad cow disease protection, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday.

U.S. urged to prevent breach of Japan beef trade accord
Japanese Ambassador to Japan Ryozo Kato asked two senators to urge U.S. authorities and beef industry to prevent any more violations of a beef trade agreement with Japan.

Public meetings to explain Japan's decision about U.S. beef
Consumers in Japan were less than enthusiastic about the end of a ban on imports of U.S. beef, and the government is scheduling 10 public meetings to explain the process by which it reopened the Japanese market to American beef producers.

Europe
Russian Negotiator: No 2006 WTO Membership
Russia's chief negotiator for joining the World Trade Organization said Monday that the country won't become a member this year or possibly even next year, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.

United States
Test hurries foot-and-mouth watch
Although foot-and-mouth disease has not been seen in the United States in more than 70 years, an outbreak could cost the nation billions of dollars.

Rebuilding beef trade with Japan could take years
American beef producers are eager to resume trade with Japan and other nations because exports used to account for 10 percent of beef sales every year.

Animal drugs' possible human impact prompts legislation
Spurred by concern over antibiotic resistance among people, legislation introduced in Congress would phase out nontherapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in livestock and poultry over two years.

Consumers Vote on Certified Pork
Consumers say they will pay more for pork products meeting environmental and antibiotic-use requirements, but not for animal welfare, says a Purdue  University survey.

Asia Pacific
Taiwan Lawmaker Seeks Consumer Alliance For U.S. Beef Safety
Consumer protection groups in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the United States should form an alliance to tighten a watch on U.S. beef safety and mad cow disease protection, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday.

U.S. urged to prevent breach of Japan beef trade accord
Japanese Ambassador to Japan Ryozo Kato asked two senators to urge U.S. authorities and beef industry to prevent any more violations of a beef trade agreement with Japan.

Public meetings to explain Japan's decision about U.S. beef
Consumers in Japan were less than enthusiastic about the end of a ban on imports of U.S. beef, and the government is scheduling 10 public meetings to explain the process by which it reopened the Japanese market to American beef producers.

Europe
Russian Negotiator: No 2006 WTO Membership
Russia's chief negotiator for joining the World Trade Organization said Monday that the country won't become a member this year or possibly even next year, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.

United States
Test hurries foot-and-mouth watch
Although foot-and-mouth disease has not been seen in the United States in more than 70 years, an outbreak could cost the nation billions of dollars.

Rebuilding beef trade with Japan could take years
American beef producers are eager to resume trade with Japan and other nations because exports used to account for 10 percent of beef sales every year.

Animal drugs' possible human impact prompts legislation
Spurred by concern over antibiotic resistance among people, legislation introduced in Congress would phase out nontherapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in livestock and poultry over two years.

Consumers Vote on Certified Pork
Consumers say they will pay more for pork products meeting environmental and antibiotic-use requirements, but not for animal welfare, says a Purdue  University survey.