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US exporters question reversal of beef ban
The US beef industry has reacted quickly to Australia's backflip on beef imports, declaring it has good safeguards to control mad cow disease. | Yesterday, Australia's Agriculture Minister Tony Burke bowed to pressure for stricter protocols for beef imports from BSE-aff...Full Story
Turnaround sees risk study on beef imports
| THE federal government has caved in to community alarm about mad cow disease, with Agriculture Minister Tony Burke ordering an import risk analysis on beef imports. | The coalition, which will this week introduce private members' bills to parliament demanding the anal...Full Story
Beef imports face mad cow risk review
| A HIGH level of community concern has forced Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke to order an import risk analysis on beef imports. | Mr Burke made the unprecedented move after a wave of community and industry alarm about imports from countries affected by bovine s...Full Story
Beef imports face mad cow risk review
| A HIGH level of community concern has forced Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke to order an import risk analysis on beef imports. | Mr Burke made the unprecedented move after a wave of community and industry alarm about imports from countries affected by bovine s...Full Story
Senator: Japan must lift US beef curbs
| WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US senator told Japan's ambassador to the United States on Friday that Tokyo's restrictions on US beef exports are "blatantly unfair" and should be lifted immediately. | Republican Senator Mike Johanns met with Japanese Amb...Full Story
Canadian Dairy Farmers Welcome Government Commitment to Strengthen Industry
| OTTAWA, March 5 /CNW Telbec/ - Dairy Farmers of Canada applauds the federal government announcement yesterday to provide a total of $75 million in funding in support of beef and dairy producers under the Slaughter Improvement Program and the Agri-Flexibility Fund. | "...Full Story
Conservationists unveil plans to restore bison to North American plains
| Recovery 'roadmap' would see large herds roaming free over thousands of hectares but hinges on an overhaul of government regulations and a rethink of public attitudes to the animal | Bison in the Grand Teton national parks. The IUCN study says the animals are critical...Full Story
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Fri 5 Mar 2010
New Form of Prion Disease Damages Brain Arteries
redOrbit Posted on: Friday, 5 March 2010, 08:21 CST | Study in mice may offer clues for treating Alzheimer's disease | National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists investigating how prion diseases destroy the brain have observed a new form of the disease in...
Families lose vCJD compensation battle
The Independent | Families of victims of the incurable disease vCJD lost a High Court challenge today over what they claim is a "flawed" Government compensation scheme. | The action before Mr Justice Silber was led by Annie McVey, whose 15-year-old daughter Claire, ...
Families lose vCJD courts battle
The Guardian | Families of victims of the incurable disease vCJD have lost a High Court challenge over what they claim is a "flawed" Government compensation scheme. | The action before Mr Justice Silber was led by Annie McVey, whose 15-year-old daughter...
Families lose battle over vCJD compensation scheme
BBC News | The families of victims of the brain disease vCJD have lost a High Court challenge over what they claimed was a "flawed" compensation scheme. | Annie McVey, from Devon, led the action after her teenage daughter Claire died from the human ...
Thu 4 Mar 2010
Stampede auctions clues to economic strength
CBC The annual auction to sponsor chuckwagon canvases runs Thursday, March 4. (CBC) | People who keep tabs on the health of the Calgary economy had two important indicators to watch at the Stampede grounds Thursday. | The annual Calgary Bull Sale and the...
Wed 3 Mar 2010
ABARE plays down BSE beef issue
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABARE says the lifting of the ban on imports from BSE-affected countries will have very little impact on Australian beef producers. | Paul Morris, ABARE deputy director, says he's not expecting any imports at all this year, as rigorous assessment pro...
Tue 2 Mar 2010
Legislator proposes banning Japanese cars at Toyota hearing
USA Today Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | By James R. Healey, USA TODAY A U.S. Senator said Tuesday that the U.S. should consider banning Japanese-made cars until 's government guarantees the vehicles have no defects. | That would be n...
Top US official ties Toyota woes to Japan US beef dispute
Yahoo Daily News | WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood vowed Tuesday to make the case on an upcoming trip to Japan that US regulators are treating Toyota more fairly than their Japanese counterparts treat US beef. | "It's a point ...
Purge Nazi past, doctor tells medical community
National Post  By Tom Blackwell, National PostMarch 2, 2010 12:00 AM      Nazi doctor and war crminal Josef Mengele in his SS uniform. | Photograph by: Getty Images Files, National Post | Medical science must purge itself of its Nazi past, suggests a Canadian...
Mon 1 Mar 2010
Purge Nazi legacy from medical science, Canadian doctor urges
National Post  By Tom Blackwell, Nationasl PostMarch 1, 2010 11:41 PM       Nazi doctor and war criminal Josef Mengele in his SS uniform. | Photograph by: Hulton Archive/Getty Images, Hulton Archive/Getty Images | Medical science must purge itself of its Naz...
Health Canada approves first recombinant human thrombin surgical hemostatic solution
Canada Newswire | RECOTHROM(R) provides an aid to hemostasis on demand, allowing surgeons to deal with bleeding and complete the surgical procedure | TORONTO, March 1 /CNW/ - Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals announced today that RECOTHROM(R) (Thrombin alfa (Recombin...
Super disinfectant kills even the nastiest hospital bugs
m&c | Berlin - A new fast-acting disinfectant that is effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and prions could help to reduce the spread of deadly infections in hospitals, according to a team of German scientists. | The researchers from the Robert Koc...
Beef industry rallies against BSE decision
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Angry beef farmers have demanded major changes to their industry. | About 500 producers and industry players met in the NSW city of Armidale on Saturday. | They demanded the government reverse its decision to allow imports from countries affected by ...
Sun 28 Feb 2010
Battery farm for cows: 8,000 animals to be housed in milk factory
The Daily Mail | A factory farm housing more than 8,000 'battery cows' will be built in the English countryside. | Under the controversial plans, Britain's largest ever dairy herd will be kept in industrial-scale sheds with little access to pasture or sunshine. | T...
Sat 27 Feb 2010
Children to get filtered blood transfusions to beat mad cow disease
The Daily Mail | Thousands of children who need transfusions are set to get specially filtered blood because UK supplies may still be tainted with the human form of mad cow disease. | A powerful Government committee has approved the use of a filter that can remove ...
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Cattle Council wants Opposition to apologise for mad cow remarks
Australian Broadcasting Corporation A beef industry leader wants a formal apology from the Federal Opposition for scaring the public about imports. | Some Opposition politicians raised concerns about mad cow disease, after the Federal Government decided to remove the ban of imports of ...
Thu 25 Feb 2010
No backdown from Federal Government on lifting BSE ban
Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Federal Government maintains that it'll go ahead and open Australia's borders to beef from BSE-affected countries from Monday, despite a swirl of media and political pressure. | In response to Opposition concerns, Federal Trade Minister Simon Cre...
Wed 24 Feb 2010
Senator claims Australian BSE protocols too lax
Australian Broadcasting Corporation A Liberal Senator, who's also a vet, says the protocols for BSE-affected countries wanting to send beef to Australia merely rely on importers "ticking the right boxes." | Food Standards Australia and New Zealand last night released details of a quest...
Mon 22 Feb 2010
Cattle Council attacks mad cow Senate inquiry
Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Cattle Council of Australia says a Senate inquiry looking at beef imports from BSE-infected countries is "mischievous" and damaging to the beef industry. | The Federal Government will allow beef from countries infected by mad cow disease from nex...
US beef industry backs relaxation of Australia's beef import rules
Australian Broadcasting Corporation The US beef industry has called on Australia to defy growing criticism and stand by plans allow imports from disease-prone countries. | The Federal Government intends to lift the import ban on beef from countries with previous mad cow outbreaks from ...
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