The Public Service Association (PSA) of New Zealand has expressed concern over the government’s decision to delegate meat inspection to processors themselves.
The US beef industry and FSIS have been showered with praise after showing “strong initiative” in their efforts to prevent E.coli contamination during processing.
Great Britain and China have agreed to a pork export deal worth £50 million (US$79.1 million), according to Britain’s Agriculture Minister Jim Paice, who is traveling in China on a trade mission.
Prompt action and information sharing has been the response of BC’s salmon farmers to news that a case of Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) has been identified on Vancouver Island’s west coast.
New Zealand multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has opened a new innovation centre in Shanghai, China, in order to develop unique products for the growing Chinese market
The re-emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the US could lead to a short-term increase in US beef exports to Russia, Russian analysts have said.