&#39;No plan to reinstate partial ban on US beef&#39;
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GOVERNMENT is not considering reinstating the partial ban on beef imports from the United States, despite federal scientists carrying out investigations into a possible new case of Mad Cow Disease there.
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More than 19 months after a mad cow scare closed U.S. borders to Canadian cattle, the United States said Wednesday it will allow limited imports beginning in March.
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TOKYO  - Japanese and U.S. officials wrapped up three days of talks  Saturday to lift Tokyo's 10-month-old ban on imports of American beef, reportedly narrowing differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but failing to strike a deal.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - Nineteen months after closing the border to Canadian cattle due to fears about the spread of mad cow disease, the United States announced Wednesday it plans to resume trade in March.
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The United States and South Korea failed to narrow differences this week over Seoul's rejection of American beef imports for containing banned bone fragments, South Korea said Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Pending a final round of inspections, Taiwan has agreed to resume imports of US beef and beef products, which were suspended because of concerns over mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.
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The USDA did not disclose details regarding the animal, but said it did not enter the food chain. The agency does not expect the finding to affect negotiations with Japan, which recently indicated it might soon open its borders to US beef.
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Japanese trade negotiators agreed yesterday to reopen their markets to US beef, 10 months after discovery of a single case of mad-cow disease in Washington state prompted Japan to ban American imports.
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Trade talks on lifting the Japanese ban on US beef ended in Tokyo Saturday with some progress and pledges to talk again. A source close to the talks said the two sides reached
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Japan's lucrative market for U.S.  beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain  closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials  said on Thursday.
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TOKYO -- Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state, but did not set a date for restarting trade.
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Expressing confidence in the safety of Canadian beef, the Bush administration said Thursday it would stand by its decision to renew Canadian beef imports beginning in March despite a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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Canada on Thursday said it had found a suspected new case of mad cow disease, although the United States said it would not change plans to resume limited Canadian cattle imports after a devastating 20-month ban.
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Japan could stop testing newborn and younger cows for mad cow disease without posing a risk to public health, a special panel decided Monday, in a ruling that could influence talks to lift Tokyo&#39;s ban on American beef imports.
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TOKYO (CP) - U.S. and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow  limited imports of U.S. beef into Japan but a Canadian beef industry spokesman called it a rehash of previous agreements and "election hype."
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A year after the first US case of mad cow disease was reported, Sen. Maria Cantwell says the Food and Drug Administration still has not fulfilled its promise to tighten animal feed rules to help prevent future cases.
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: US and Japanese negotiators today reached a preliminary agreement to partially lift the 10-month-old ban on American beef exports to Japan within &quot;a matter of weeks&quot; and work toward ending