Errors, unapproved firm blamed for Korea beef ban: USDA
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U.S. inspectors wrongly allowed an unauthorized company to ship beef to South Korea that now has triggered a wider ban on two major U.S. processors, the Agriculture Department said on Monday.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday banned farmers from planting a variety of rice containing genetically modified material that has not been approved by the government, and it told growers to destroy any plantings of the seed.
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A California meat company issued a recall of 143 million pounds of beef, some of which was used in school lunch programs.
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The cattle industry and animal rights groups bickered over the treatment of beef destined for U.S. dinner plates a day after secret video triggered the nation's largest meat recall.
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The US government orders its largest recall of beef, saying a meat plant broke rules on cattle inspection.
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Wisconsin meat processor Emmpak  Foods Inc. voluntarily recalled 123,000 pounds of ground beef  sent to retailers in 10 states because it may be contaminated  with hydraulic oil, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service  said on Tuesday.
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The sale of U.S. beef and pork company Swift & Co. to Brazil's JBS-Friboi  gives the Brazilian company access to the tightly controlled U.S. meat market, where uncooked Brazilian beef is banned, U.S. industry sources said.
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Regulators have issued a public health alert for about 14,800 pounds of missing ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday.
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South Korea lifted a suspension on imports of American beef from two U.S. meat companies Tuesday after the U.S. confirmed that three shipments meant for domestic consumption were exported by mistake, officials said.
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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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Japanese opposition leaders and consumer groups this week criticized a tentative agreement to lift a ban on US beef imports, calling it a political gift from Prime Minister
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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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South Korea banned a third consecutive US beef shipment after discovering tiny bone fragments in the consignment, citing a bilateral accord to combat mad cow disease.
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Washington - The US has welcomed an agreement with Japan paving the way for a resumption of imports of US beef, halted in December 2003 following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Japan's decision on reopening its market  to U.S. beef will not be affected by the U.S. decision to  reduce its mad cow testing program, although Tokyo still wants  Washington not to do so, Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa  said on Friday.
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Americans do not have to be afraid  of eating Canadian beef despite the discovery of Canada's  second case of mad cow disease, because both countries' food  safety rules "provide the utmost protections," the U.S.  Agriculture Department said on Monday.
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Employees at the now-closed Southern California slaughterhouse where inhumane treatment of cows was captured on a gruesome undercover video committed "egregious violations" of federal animal care regulations, the U.S. Agriculture Department has determined.