US starts final beef review
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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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Investor's Business Daily - The president said he was disappointed that this week&#39;s economic talks failed to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. beef. China &quot;attaches importance&quot; to the resumption of U.S. beef imports, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. But the World Organization for Animal Health classifies the U.S. as a &quot;controlled risk&quot; country for mad cow disease.
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The Department of Agriculture said it will begin testing more domestic and imported meat used to make ground beef for E. coli contamination, following an increase in recalls for the potentially deadly bacteria.
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Description: The government says a preliminary test suggests that another animal in the US could have mad cow disease. The US Department of Agriculture called the test result inconclusive, and has sent a sample from the animal for confirmatory testing.
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WASHINGTON - Taiwan has agreed in principle to resume imports of US beef and beef products, US officials announced Tuesday. In 2003, Taiwan&#39;s purchases of beef and products amounted to some $325 million.
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An effort to reopen the U.S. border  to some Canadian live cattle and to expand beef trade with  Canada appeared to move forward on Wednesday as the Bush  administration's budget office said it completed its review of  the trade initiative.
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Meat industry leaders are taking a &quot;wait and see&quot; approach to news that a case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- Regulations designed to protect the US food supply were issued by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final regulations on the establishment
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The US cattle industry anxiously awaited federal test results, expected as early as Monday, that will determine if the United States has a second case of the deadly mad cow disease, industry officials said.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered a recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse where employees are accused of mistreating cattle.
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The United States voiced optimism that Japan would decide to resume imports of US beef next month.
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The government has ordered a definitive laboratory test after two preliminary screening tests raised the possibility of mad cow disease in the tissue of a recently slaughtered animal, federal officials said yesterday.
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US agricultural authorities announced tissue from a possible mad cow was being tested, triggering a dip in beef-related businesses.
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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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An advisory panel for the Japanese government&#39;s Food Safety Commission is preparing to recommend that Japan stop testing cattle less than 20 months old for mad cow disease.
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Tokyo -- Japan agreed Saturday to resume imports of some US beef after a 10- month ban that shut cattle ranchers in the United States out of their most lucrative foreign market.
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A panel of experts on Monday compiled a report on mad cow disease that paves the way for Japan to drop its current policy to test all cattle, setting the stage for a possible easing of a ban on US beef imports.