26Apr
BSE Won’t Stop US Beef Export Growth
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The first time mad cow disease appeared in the U.S., beef exports plunged 82 percent. More than eight years later, the discovery of an infected dairy cow in California may do little to prevent shipments from surging to a record for a second straight year. U.S. beef sales to buyers including [...]
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25Apr
News BSE Case Confirmed in USA
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Mad-Cow Case Confirmed in Central California, The first U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years has been found in a dairy cow in central California, detected before it could enter the human food chain and pose any threat to consumers, officials said. The cow was identified as part of routine [...]
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24Apr
Brazil’s JBS offers to buy local meat packer
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Brazil’s JBS offers to buy local meat packer (Reuters) – Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest meat producer, made a bid to buy local meat packer Grupo Independencia in a cash and stock deal for 268 million reais ($142 million), the company said in a market filing on Monday. The non-binding offer [...]
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23Apr
Brazil could meet half of global meat demand
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Brazil could meet half of global meat demand Brazil will be capable of supplying almost half of the world’s beef within 10 years, according to the Brazilian minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Jorge Mendes Ribeiro Filho. Speaking on Brazilian national television yesterday (19 [...]
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17Apr
Brazil Unlikely to Approach WTO on Poultry
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South Africa say Brazil are unlikely to approach WTO on poultry ban South Africa doesn’t believe Brazil will approach the World Trade Organization about the African nation’s decision to impose higher tariffs on some poultry imports, Trade Minister Rob Davies said. There is “no big crisis” with [...]
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