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Ministry Blames Contaminated Feed For Domestic BSE Cases
Japan’s seven 2001 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in its domestic herd were probably caused by contamination in the feed production process, a draft report from Japan’s agriculture ministry concludes.
The draft said that prions, the abnormal proteins that are suspected of transmitting BSE, were at some point mixed into meat-and-bone meal feed at five processing centers around the country, although it is unclear where the contaminated prions originated. Japan bans feeding ruminant products to ruminants, but some meat and bone meal derived from ruminants could have been left over from earlier manufacture of feed for chickens or hogs.
BEV Program Details For Processed Beef Items Announced
An announcement of the details of the Beef Export Verification (BEV) program for processed beef products intended for export to Japan has been posted on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Web site.
Click here to read the online announcement and here to read the details of the program,
USMEF is working with AMS to organize teleconferences this week for beef processors interested in BEV program certification. Teleconferences will be held on:
Thursday, September 4, at 1:00 p.m.Mountain time (3:00 p.m. EDT)
Friday, September 5, at 9:00 a.m.Mountain time (11:00 a.m. EDT).
A presentation will be given by the AMS followed by a conference call allowing participants to ask questions. Details for the teleconferences are below:
Please remember that these teleconferences are for processed meat producers only as there is limited space for these calls.
To log on to the web portion of the conference:
Click on this URL (or copy to the address line of your browser): http://www.premconf.com/us/readycast.asp
Then “Join A Meeting”
Find and click on "USMEF-BEV" hosted by Paul Clayton (pclayton@usmef.org)
When requested, enter the meeting password: usmef-bev
To dial into the conference call:
Dial: 1-888-206-0109
Participant code- 414258
Beef Export Verification (BEV) - Materials and Information Available on the BEV program.
Agriculture Ocean Transportation Coalition (AgOTC) - Ocean Transportation Issues. USMEF Board of Directors Meeting - November 5-7, 2003Hilton El Conquistador Resort, Tucson, Arizona BOD Sponsorship Form and BOD Reminder Postcard For more information on BOD Sponsorship, please e-mail John Hinners, Membership Director, at jhinners@usmef.org
Japan
Ministry Blames Contaminated Feed For Domestic BSE Cases
Japan’s seven 2001 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in its domestic herd were probably caused by contamination in the feed production process, a draft report from Japan’s agriculture ministry concludes.
The draft said that prions, the abnormal proteins that are suspected of transmitting BSE, were at some point mixed into meat-and-bone meal feed at five processing centers around the country, although it is unclear where the contaminated prions originated. Japan bans feeding ruminant products to ruminants, but some meat and bone meal derived from ruminants could have been left over from earlier manufacture of feed for chickens or hogs.
BEV Program Details For Processed Beef Items Announced
An announcement of the details of the Beef Export Verification (BEV) program for processed beef products intended for export to Japan has been posted on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Web site.
Click here to read the online announcement and here to read the details of the program,
USMEF is working with AMS to organize teleconferences this week for beef processors interested in BEV program certification. Teleconferences will be held on:
Thursday, September 4, at 1:00 p.m.Mountain time (3:00 p.m. EDT)
Friday, September 5, at 9:00 a.m.Mountain time (11:00 a.m. EDT).
A presentation will be given by the AMS followed by a conference call allowing participants to ask questions. Details for the teleconferences are below:
Please remember that these teleconferences are for processed meat producers only as there is limited space for these calls.
To log on to the web portion of the conference:
Click on this URL (or copy to the address line of your browser): http://www.premconf.com/us/readycast.asp
Then “Join A Meeting”
Find and click on "USMEF-BEV" hosted by Paul Clayton (pclayton@usmef.org)
When requested, enter the meeting password: usmef-bev
To dial into the conference call:
Dial: 1-888-206-0109
Participant code- 414258
Beef Export Verification (BEV) - Materials and Information Available on the BEV program.
Agriculture Ocean Transportation Coalition (AgOTC) - Ocean Transportation Issues. USMEF Board of Directors Meeting - November 5-7, 2003Hilton El Conquistador Resort, Tucson, Arizona BOD Sponsorship Form and BOD Reminder Postcard For more information on BOD Sponsorship, please e-mail John Hinners, Membership Director, at jhinners@usmef.org