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USA
BIRD FLU: New York man survives mysterious infection
Health officials have confirmed that a man from Westchester County, New York, was infected with bird flu last fall, the Associated Press and The New York Times reported.
The man, a Caribbean immigrant whose name was not released, reported to Westchester Medical Center in November complaining of fever and cough, and doctors at first suspected tuburculosis. He recovered after a few weeks, but doctors sent sputum samples taken from the man to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
USDA allows import of Canadian bone-in beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it will allow Canadian bone-in boxed beef into the country, a move seen by the Canada Beef Export Federation as a " first step" to re-opening the border to cuts from animals over 30 months of age and eventually, to the import of live Canadian cattle.
USDA launches revamped food safety Web site
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has launched a newly designed, customer-focused Web site to help make finding information about food safety easier and faster.
Consumer group calls for country-of-origin beef labels in California
A California consumer group has called for all beef sold in the state to carry a country-of-origin label and said US grocer Safeway had been selling unlabelled beef from Canada.
China
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick will discuss U.S.- China agriculture trade issues during a media availability today at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Russia
Russia declares foot-and-mouth emergency
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the city of Blagoveshchensk in far eastern Russia has prompted a state of emergency, the Itar-Tass News Agency reported.
Infection prevention measures include mandatory vaccination of all animals in the private sector and tightened control over all animal breeding products at market places and in shops.
Brazil
UPDATE 1-Brazil soy forecast for year lowered again-AgRural
SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's 2003/04 soybean crop forecast was lowered to 49.3 million tonnes, compared to 52 million tonnes harvested last year, due to unfavorable weather, crop analysts AgRural said on Tuesday.
South Korea
South Korea Retakes Position as World's 12th Trading Power
South Korea registered a foreign trade volume of nearly US$373 billion in 2003, making it the 12th largest trading country in the world. That's up a notch from the year before and effectively puts Korea right where it was prior to the Asian financial crisis in late 1997. South Korea re-emerged as the world's 12th largest trading nation last year, one notch higher from 2002.
USA
BIRD FLU: New York man survives mysterious infection
Health officials have confirmed that a man from Westchester County, New York, was infected with bird flu last fall, the Associated Press and The New York Times reported.
The man, a Caribbean immigrant whose name was not released, reported to Westchester Medical Center in November complaining of fever and cough, and doctors at first suspected tuburculosis. He recovered after a few weeks, but doctors sent sputum samples taken from the man to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
USDA allows import of Canadian bone-in beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it will allow Canadian bone-in boxed beef into the country, a move seen by the Canada Beef Export Federation as a " first step" to re-opening the border to cuts from animals over 30 months of age and eventually, to the import of live Canadian cattle.
USDA launches revamped food safety Web site
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has launched a newly designed, customer-focused Web site to help make finding information about food safety easier and faster.
Consumer group calls for country-of-origin beef labels in California
A California consumer group has called for all beef sold in the state to carry a country-of-origin label and said US grocer Safeway had been selling unlabelled beef from Canada.
China
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick will discuss U.S.- China agriculture trade issues during a media availability today at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Russia
Russia declares foot-and-mouth emergency
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the city of Blagoveshchensk in far eastern Russia has prompted a state of emergency, the Itar-Tass News Agency reported.
Infection prevention measures include mandatory vaccination of all animals in the private sector and tightened control over all animal breeding products at market places and in shops.
Brazil
UPDATE 1-Brazil soy forecast for year lowered again-AgRural
SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's 2003/04 soybean crop forecast was lowered to 49.3 million tonnes, compared to 52 million tonnes harvested last year, due to unfavorable weather, crop analysts AgRural said on Tuesday.
South Korea
South Korea Retakes Position as World's 12th Trading Power
South Korea registered a foreign trade volume of nearly US$373 billion in 2003, making it the 12th largest trading country in the world. That's up a notch from the year before and effectively puts Korea right where it was prior to the Asian financial crisis in late 1997. South Korea re-emerged as the world's 12th largest trading nation last year, one notch higher from 2002.