Category: BSE

  • Assurance

    How do we assure South Korea and Japan we take <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> seriously and want to ship out beef products to their country? At the same time we announce a <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> case in the US, we also announce that we are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/14/news/state/31-madcow.txt">cutting back on <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> testing</a>.…

  • Damn

    <a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/03/bsestatement3-13-06_vs.shtml"> Statement by <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford (DVM) Regarding Positive <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Test Results</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>

  • Unfair Trade Practices

    <a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20060312TDY01004.htm"> Bush's beef remarks show rising U.S. ire</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. President George W. Bush voiced high expectation Friday of Japan's early resumption of U.S. beef imports in a speech at a conference of media company managers that showed signs of Washington's increasing irritation over the issue.<br />n<br />nJapan reimposed the ban in January after…

  • Not Necessary

    We have an announcment that there is a possible new case of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in the US and now what do I see?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200603/13/eng20060313_250215.html">Seoul to reconsider imports of US beef if mad cow case confirmed: official</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea may again ban imports of U.S. beef if tests confirm a suspected…

  • WOLF!! WOLF!! WOLF!!

    I think somebody really needs to tell the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> the story of <a href="http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/boy.html">The Boy Who Cried Wolf</a>.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=22601"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Alert: Possible U.S. Case Of Mad Cow Being Investigated</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department is investigating a possible…

  • The Need For Nais

    Walter at <a href="http://nonais.org/">NoNAIS.org</a> brings us some interesting information about the <a href="http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/02/28/usda-no-need-for-nais/">need for <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym></a>. All along the government has proclaimed that Nais is necessary to control diseases like <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>. According to the <a href="http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/bsefaq.html">US Food and Drug Administration</a>;<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Are the protective measures in place sufficient to…

  • Japan Demands More Yet Again

    <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=afdYlqd4GdPc&refer=japan">Japan Needs More Assurances Before Resuming U.S. Beef Imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan needs more assurances over the safety of U.S. cattle before resuming beef imports, government officials said.<br />n<br />nThe government is still studying a U.S. report released last week over how banned cattle parts were shipped to Japan in January, and there are likely…

  • Bigger Picture

    <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/020706-oig.htm">OIG Report Solidifies Position of U.S. Cattle Industry; <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Continues to Ignore Its Own Science</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>BILLINGS, MONT. (February 7, 2006) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat…

  • US Beef to Taiwan

    <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/01/25/japan-us-beef.html">Taiwan to lift U.S. beef ban, not Japan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Taiwan says it is lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports on Wednesday, while Japanese officials have indicated they are in no hurry to lift one reimposed last week.<br />n<br />nTaiwan's Department of Health said on its website that American beef can now enter the…

  • Korea and Beef Imports

    <a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601230002.html">Korea Will Resume U.S. Beef Imports as Planned</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Korea says Japan's decision to slap a fresh ban on imports of U.S. beef will not affect the agreement between Seoul and Washington to resume American beef imports at the end of March. Agriculture Ministry officials say Korea and Japan have different conditions. For example,…