Yes, the ball is still in play – although a distant memory for some – with regard to the litigation filed in 2007 by R-CALF USA and 10 other plaintiffs against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) decision to allow into the U.S.... more

DA lifts import ban on US meat, bone meal imports
GMA News   November 2009

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on meat and bone meal imports from the United States... more

Thousands demand new talks on U.S. beef
Taiwan News   November 2009

Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen demanded that President Ma Ying-jeou's Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government re-negotiate a controversial protocol signed last month... more

Fish Feed Sources Examined As Fish Farming Becomes More Popular
KPBS By Joanne Faryon   November 2009

Americans are eating more fish these days, and half of it is farmed fish. The demand for fish has caused an explosion in fish farming and a search for new sources of fish feed. In this continuing food... more

Taiwan braces for protests over U.S. beef
Flesh and Stone   November 2009

Following an agreement reached between the U.S. and Taiwan, beef exports to Taiwan are to resume this month after a six-year ban. Some politicians and civic groups, concerned about BSE and E. coli infected beef... more

RMAC Calls for Calm in BSE Policy Debate
Meat Trade News Daily   November 2009

In responding to misinformation in the public arena regarding the Federal Government’s recently announced BSE-related policy change, the Chairman of Red Meat Advisory Council Ltd*, Ian McIvor AM, makes the following... more

Comments Urge USTR To Address Global Market Distortions
Cattlenetwork   November 2009

In comments filed Tuesday with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA laid out how the world marketplace for cattle and beef is one of the most grossly distorted markets of any... more

Angry lawmakers demand DOH report on U.S. beef
Taiwan News   October 2009

Angry about the government's decision to allow in U.S. bone-in beef, lawmakers across party lines demanded Friday that Department of Health (DOH) officials deliver a report on the issue to the Legislative Yuan on... more

'Stupid' beef import plan faces inquiry
smh.com   October 2009

A SENATE inquiry will scrutinise a government decision to relax import restrictions on beef, amid fears it will threaten Australia's status as a BSE-free... more

Taiwan lawmakers blast government for expanding US beef imports
M & C Business   October 2009

Taiwan parliamentarians on Monday blasted the government for expanding US beef imports while a consumers group threatened to boycott all US products.... more

Senate may investigate BSE beef import changes
ABC Rural   October 2009

The Senate is considering an inquiry into the relaxation of rules protecting Australia from mad cow disease.... more

Blame farm leaders: Crean defends new BSE policy
by Lucy Knight   October 2009

IT was the Australian beef industry's lobbying that triggered this week's decision to change food policy laws, which until now blocked beef imports from countries which have had... more

BSE beef import bans to be lifted
Fairfax Digital   October 2009

The Federal Government is ditching its controversial "beef off the shelves" policy in the event of a BSE... more

Wisconsin Firm Recalls Beef Tongues
ENEWSPF   October 2009

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a Milwaukee, Wisc., establishment is recalling approximately 5,522 pounds of beef tongues that may not have had the tonsils... more

Russia and Canada Partner
  October 2009

Canada and Russia are creating ground-breaking new opportunities for agricultural trade and cooperation between the two countries. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced progress on a number of agricultural issues from Moscow today. Minister Ritz’s mission builds on the Joint Statement on Agriculture Cooperation signed in 2007 and Minister... more

Canada takes U.S. to WTO
Canadian Press   October 2009

Canada is asking the World Trade Organization to intervene in a dispute with the United States over cattle and hog... more

Bovine Virus Diarrhea
Cattlenetwork   October 2009

BVD is a viral disease that can affect cattle of all ages. It is in the same viral family as the viruses that cause hog cholera in swine and border disease in sheep. Scientists first identified BVD in a New York State dairy herd in... more

Land O'Lakes "Cows for Africa" program
Land O'Lakes release   October 2009

new program introduced by Land O'Lakes, Inc., will allow colleges and universities to help create a better quality of life through the donation of a dairy cow to families in Africa.... more

U of T led research team uncovers evolutionary origins of prion disease gene
Jennifer Little University of Toronto   October 2009

A University of Toronto-led team has uncovered the evolutionary ancestry of the prion gene, which may reveal new understandings of how the prion protein causes diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow... more

Healthy deer can spread prion disease through faeces
AFP   September 2009

Brain-destroying prion disease can spread among deer through faeces shed by animals which have been infected by the deadly pathogen but are not sick, a study published on Wednesday... more