US to Permit Cattle Imports From Canada
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The Bush administration announced Wednesday that it would permit limited imports of Canadian cattle early next year for the first time since May 2003, when a case of mad cow disease was discovered in an Alberta cow.
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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 cattle imports beginning in March despite a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns  told a U.S. cattle industry group on Friday that he had  "concerns" about the government's plan to open the border on  March 7 to imports of beef from Canadian animals over 30 months  of age.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  - The United States will end its  mad cow-inspired ban on Canadian cattle on March 7 despite  rising criticism from farm groups, Agriculture Secretary Ann  Veneman said on Sunday, adding that Japan and South Korea  should open their doors to U.S. beef.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Canada may have found a new  case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rekindling  tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day after the  United States announced plans to reopen the border to live  Canadian cattle.
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More than 19 months after a mad cow scare closed US borders to Canadian cattle, the United States said Wednesday it will allow limited imports beginning in March.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A new international trade ruling could save the bacon of thousands of Canadian swine producers who were accused of illegally subsidizing and then dumping their animals into the United States market.
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US imports to resume in March The USDA ruling also recognizes the country as a minimal-risk region for mad cow disease. By Daniel Goldstein.
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The federal Agriculture Department said today its new policy will take effect March 7th. It will allow the imports of cattle younger than 30 months, and certain other animals and products from Canada.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - Attempts to lift the American ban on Canadian cattle could be facing a major setback with news Thursday that US officials may have discovered a second case of mad cow disease.
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Canada's cattle and beef industries, battered by the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003, would win new access to the important U.S. market by this spring under a plan Washington announced on Wednesday to relax a trade ban.
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Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns will draw sharp questions from Midwestern lawmakers about the U.S. decision to reopen its borders to Canadian beef despite a second case of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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US beef exports valued at more than $1.7 billion last year will resume in a matter of weeks after Japan agreed to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a lone case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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But it could take five months before any decision is made on dropping a ban on Canadian cattle. WASHINGTON -- American officials started the final review yesterday of draft rules that would end the US cattle
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American and Japanese negotiators have agreed to ease Japan&#39;s ban on American beef exports, brought in after a single case of mad cow disease in the US last year.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Canada may have found a new  case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday,   rekindling tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day  after the United States announced plans to reopen the border to  live Canadian cattle.
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Canada's latest possible case of mad  cow disease is not expected to cause the United States to  rescind its plans to resume imports of Canadian live cattle, a  U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Thursday.