USMEF-Japan Staff Briefs Iowa Pork Team
USMEF-Japan Staff Briefs Iowa Pork Team
USMEF-Japan briefed a six-member pork team from Iowa on market conditions in Japan during the team’s visit there Dec. 10-13. The team consisted of leaders of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa State University, Iowa Agri-Business Export Partnership and the Iowa Department of Economic Development. Iowa is the leading U.S. state in exporting pork to Japan, supplying 27 percent of the U.S. total, and the U.S. is the No. 1 pork exporter to Japan. Several Japanese businesses have offices and production facilities in Iowa.
USMEF Japan Director Greg Hanes (third from right) shows the team U.S. pork for sale
Russia Delists Five More U.S. Pork Plants
Russia delisted five additional U.S. pork plants effective Jan. 1, 2009. All export and shipping documents must be dated no later than Dec. 31, 2008, for pork products exported to Russia from those plants. The online Export Library has a list of eligible plants
FSIS Replaces Two E-mails with askFSIS
Members should be aware that the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) is discontinuing its two e-mails, TechCenter@fsis.usda.gov and FSIS.Labeling@fsis.usda.gov as of Jan. 2, 2009. The agency is replacing them with its new askFSISservice.
Anyone who has sent questions to TechCenter@fsis.usda.gov or FSIS.Labeling@fsis.usda.gov had an askFSIS account set up automatically, and the application generated a password and sent the information to the contact.
For any problems with the askFSIS login, contact the askFSIS administrators at 1-800-233-3935 (hit zero for the operator).
AgTC Meets with Obama Transition Team
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC)’s Last Update for the Year is a window on the Obama transition team and the role the AgTC is playing in representing ag shippers’ interests.
Over the past two weeks, the AgTC has been meeting with the Obama transition team on national and international transportation policy at both the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Maritime Commission. The AgTC was asked to meet with two former DOT Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries who are heading the Obama DOT transition effort.
USMEF-Japan Staff Briefs Iowa Pork Team
USMEF-Japan briefed a six-member pork team from Iowa on market conditions in Japan during the team’s visit there Dec. 10-13. The team consisted of leaders of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa State University, Iowa Agri-Business Export Partnership and the Iowa Department of Economic Development. Iowa is the leading U.S. state in exporting pork to Japan, supplying 27 percent of the U.S. total, and the U.S. is the No. 1 pork exporter to Japan. Several Japanese businesses have offices and production facilities in Iowa.
USMEF Japan Director Greg Hanes (third from right) shows the team U.S. pork for sale
Russia Delists Five More U.S. Pork Plants
Russia delisted five additional U.S. pork plants effective Jan. 1, 2009. All export and shipping documents must be dated no later than Dec. 31, 2008, for pork products exported to Russia from those plants. The online Export Library has a list of eligible plants
FSIS Replaces Two E-mails with askFSIS
Members should be aware that the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) is discontinuing its two e-mails, TechCenter@fsis.usda.gov and FSIS.Labeling@fsis.usda.gov as of Jan. 2, 2009. The agency is replacing them with its new askFSISservice.
Anyone who has sent questions to TechCenter@fsis.usda.gov or FSIS.Labeling@fsis.usda.gov had an askFSIS account set up automatically, and the application generated a password and sent the information to the contact.
For any problems with the askFSIS login, contact the askFSIS administrators at 1-800-233-3935 (hit zero for the operator).
AgTC Meets with Obama Transition Team
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC)’s Last Update for the Year is a window on the Obama transition team and the role the AgTC is playing in representing ag shippers’ interests.
Over the past two weeks, the AgTC has been meeting with the Obama transition team on national and international transportation policy at both the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Maritime Commission. The AgTC was asked to meet with two former DOT Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries who are heading the Obama DOT transition effort.