Canada Sees U.S. Beef Market Opening Soon
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U.S. feedlots and packers could import  Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at  guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian  Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
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South Korea, once the world's  third-largest export market for American beef, said on Friday  it would open its doors again to U.S. beef and end a three-year  ban imposed because 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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Canadian policymakers and industry begin a week-long Asian blitz on Saturday to woo new buyers for its beef after mad cow disease crippled its domestic industry, Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Friday.
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U.S. feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
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South Korea will resume imports of U.S.  beef to what once had been the third-largest overseas market  for the American product, the agriculture ministry official  said in a statement on Friday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials are still determining whether any cattle from a herd with a mad cow case made it into the food chain, but they insist the risk to Canadians is minuscule.
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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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A defunct Canadian meatpacker is "a likely source" of beef that caused an outbreak of food-borne illnesses in the United States and Canada, the U.S. meat safety agency said on Friday.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  - The Bush administration must  restore U.S. beef exports to Japan and South Korea before it  opens the border to Canadian cattle, the National Cattlemen's  Beef Association said, shifting away from calling on the United  States to set a good example on beef trade for nations dealing  with mad cow disease.
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US feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new US rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
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Canada would be allowed to resume exports of live cattle and additional types of beef to the United States under a regulation approved by the US Department of Agriculture, the agency said on Monday.
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US President George W. Bush said he told his budget office to ``expedite&#39;&#39; action on a proposal to allow cattle imports from Canada ``as soon as possible.
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South Korea is unlikely to resume beef imports from Canada anytime soon despite stricter rules imposed by the exporter because buyers are still not convinced that supplies are safe, a Korean official said on Monday.
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Japan and the United States reached an agreement this morning that will allow the export of some American beef. The Japanese halted trade after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state last December, but now they have agreed to do business again.
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Canadian veterinary officials will  announce they have found a new case of mad cow disease in a  briefing slated for 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT), an agricultural  source told Reuters on Tuesday.
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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.