Poland has confirmed a new case of BSE in one of its cows, as
figures suggest the disease has crept forward in the country amid a
rapid fall in outbreaks elsewhere in the world.
Genencor International is to launch its Prionzyme as a sanetising
device for meat processors - equipment that will help ensure
optimum hygiene and also prevent the spread of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy in slaughter houses.
From February 1 Russia will resume pedigree beef trade with Germany
following the ban imposed five years ago during a bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) crisis in its cattle.
Squeezed by rising meat prices and a falling appetite for its
products UK burger supremo Canterbury Foods said its revenues for
the full year will be "substantially below market
expectations".
Business is booming for UK-based Turbo Systems, which makes
machinery mainly for bakery, ready meal and dairy processors in UK
and across Europe, reports Ahmed ElAmin.
A Japanese food safety panel has said that relaxing domestic cattle
testing standards for BSE won't put consumers at risk, raising the
possibility of Japan reopening its borders to US beef.
The US Senate's decision last week to throw out a proposal to renew
beef trade with Canada has angered the USDA but been welcomed by
some US beef organisations, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Tyson Foods, the world's largest producer of beef and chicken,
plans to resume production at several idled beef plants over the
next two weeks as supplies are expected to improve in the coming
months.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) in the US has
passed an 11-point directive that ties the reopening of live cattle
trade with Canada to other unresolved trade issues, such as the
reopening of Japan, South Korea...
Tyson Foods said yesterday that the temporary suspension of
operations at some Tyson Foods beef plants will continue through 12
February and may extend beyond that date, underlining the ongoing
precarious state of the US beef industry.
The continued ban by many countries on US beef exports and
increasing pork prices has forced Tyson Foods to forecast that its
full-year earnings would be lower than expected.
Scientist in the US claim to have developed a faster test for
identifying mad cow disease which may even prove useful for the
testing of livestock - a means which could prevent the mass
slaughter of infected herds.
Did Nippon Meat Packers, Japan's biggest meat processing company,
incinerate beef that might have linked the company to a plot to
collect undeserved subsidies under a government beef-buyback
programme? The question is on the...