Safeguarding The Beef Industry
US - A July 2010 consumer tracking study, funded by the beef checkoff, found that the percentage of consumers who are familiar...

Keep Cloned Cattle Information On Certificates
UK - The National Beef Association has called on everyone with a stake in the UK beef industry, including dairy farmers who...

Sustainable Beef Production
GLOBAL - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and global leaders from the beef industry today announced their intent to bring together...

EC Reacted Late To Risks From Brazilian Beef
EU - The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has criticised the European Commission for its delay in imposing...

Road Map Opportunity To Strip Out Livestock Costs
UK - National Farmers' Union (NFU) Scotland has welcomed the publication of a second European Road Map that offers several...

FSA Commissions Campylobacter Research
UK - The British Food Standards Agency is commissioning a range of research to tackle the food poisoning bug campylobact...

Good Biosecurity Helps Control Food-Borne Bacteria
FRANCE - The contamination of pigs with a range of potential food-borne pathogens was largely explained by herd status and...

CIMIE: China Looks to Sustainable Production of Safe Meat
CHINA - The Chinese government has promised to back the sustainable and hygienic production of meat and food, writes TheMeatSite...

US Companies Recall Beef Products over E.Coli
US - Two US compnaies are recalling ground beef products because the could be contaminated with E.coli 0157:H7.

The Dangers of a Mercosur Deal
IRELAND - Following a meeting with the European Commission’s Chef de Cabinet, Irish Farmers' Association President John Bryan...

New Export Market for UK Pig Meat
UK - Pig producers now have an important new market as the Philippines has re-opened its market to the UK.

WPX: FMD Outbreak Resources Tested
US - How the US might be able to cope with an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was tested at the start of the World Pork...

Traceability Pilot Project Highly Successful
CANADA - The traceability coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs reports a facility...

E.Coli legislation Under Fire from AMI
US - A US meat industry lobby group has hit out at new legislation introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to tackle the...

Russia Amends Fish Product Hygiene Rules
RUSSIA - The Chief Sanitary Officer of the Russian Federation last month approved Amendment No.17 to SanPiN 2.3.2.1078-01...

Pork Crisis Payout Lower than Estimated
IRELAND - The State's compensation bill for the pork contamination crisis is set to be up to €70m lower than originally ...

USDA Raises Standards on Salmonella, Campylobacter
US - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday announced new performance standards aimed...

Changes to TB Test Rules for Slaughter Cattle
IRELAND - The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith, has changed the arrangements on TB testing...

ABA Warns Against Apathy On BSE Issue
AUSTRALIA - Australian Beef Association Chairman, Brad Bellinger has again warned the general community, as well as beef...

Independent Panel Asks MAF to Restart on Pork
NEW ZEALAND - An independent expert panel has given twenty-nine recommendations for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry...