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Mike

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Today 7/27/2006 9:36:00 AM


Creekstone Farms Praises Japan For Reopening Beef Market



KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, a producer and processor of high-quality U.S. beef, said Thursday it applauded the overnight announcement by Japan that it is reopening its market to U.S. beef.



However, the company criticized the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its policies that are keeping the South Korean market closed. South Korean inspectors passed some U.S. packers for export but rejected some others because of the possibility of getting Canadian beef mixed in with the order.



"(USDA) Secretary (Mike) Johanns is hurting beef processors, cattle producers, and US trade by holding up this process," said John Stewart, CEO and founder of Creekstone Farms in a press release. "He should immediately allow those plants that passed inspection to begin shipping beef to South Korea. Moreover, Johanns must separately and quickly resolve the issues regarding bone chip tolerance and the segregation of Canadian beef from domestic beef at the processing level," he said.



Creekstone Farms said it was not only pleased with the speed with which Japanese officials carried out plant inspections, but also with the auditing process that found only minor issues in two of the 35 reviewed plants.



However, officials were cautious about prospects for the U.S. to regain its former market share.



"While Japan's decision to reopen is great news for American beef producers and processors," Stewart said, "today's announcement does not guarantee that U.S. beef processors can quickly regain our market share." Currently, Australia and New Zealand hold more than 80% of the Japanese beef market.



"According to recent public opinion polls, a large majority of Japanese consumers are extremely cautious when it comes to purchasing and eating US beef," Stewart said. Stewart also said that in addition to consumer resistance, there has been a decline in Japan's per capita beef consumption since the original ban was put in place Dec. 23, 2003.



Stewart took the opportunity to press Creekstone's issue with the USDA to allow 100% testing of slaughtered cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease.



"American beef processors in the short run are only going to regain markets lost to Australia and New Zealand (which have both been certified as 'BSE free' by the World Organization for Animal Health and have no reported cases of BSE), by doing everything we can to satisfy Japanese customer and consumer concerns," said Stewart in the release. "And that means 100% BSE testing, if those consumers are requesting that method of reassurance."



Current USDA policy prevents such testing, and Creekstone has filed suit in federal court challenging the policy.



Source: Lester Aldrich; Dow Jones Newswires; 913-322-5179; [email protected]
 

alabama

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"South Korean inspectors passed some U.S. packers for export but rejected some others because of the possibility of getting Canadian beef mixed in with the order."

Would not COOl be a nice thing to have in place at a time like this.
 

Mike

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alabama said:
"South Korean inspectors passed some U.S. packers for export but rejected some others because of the possibility of getting Canadian beef mixed in with the order."

Would not COOl be a nice thing to have in place at a time like this.

There is a "Beef Export Verification" process used for Korea at present.

The Koreans just had segregation problems with some of the packers.

Not "OUR" kind of segregation problems either. :lol:
 

Jason

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John Stewart, CEO and founder of Creekstone Farms..."And that means 100% BSE testing, if those consumers are requesting that method of reassurance."

Now the CEO of Creekstone is saying IF the Japanese want that form of assurance.

Kinda shoots holes in those that claimed they had been asked for it.
 

Econ101

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Jason said:
John Stewart, CEO and founder of Creekstone Farms..."And that means 100% BSE testing, if those consumers are requesting that method of reassurance."

Now the CEO of Creekstone is saying IF the Japanese want that form of assurance.

Kinda shoots holes in those that claimed they had been asked for it.

Maybe to a Canadian who can't read.
 

Sandhusker

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Jason said:
John Stewart, CEO and founder of Creekstone Farms..."And that means 100% BSE testing, if those consumers are requesting that method of reassurance."

Now the CEO of Creekstone is saying IF the Japanese want that form of assurance.

Kinda shoots holes in those that claimed they had been asked for it.

Are you related to SH, Jason? Go to the same school? Participate in the same medical experiments?
 

Jason

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It is a direct quote in the article posted. "IF the customer requires that kind of assurance."

Hard to keep conspiracies going when reality keeps entering the picture.
 

Econ101

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"Are you related to SH, Jason? Go to the same school? Participate in the same medical experiments?"

Its a direct quote from the post above.
 

Sandhusker

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Jason said:
It is a direct quote in the article posted. "IF the customer requires that kind of assurance."

Hard to keep conspiracies going when reality keeps entering the picture.

A conspiracy? Have you read ANYTHING lately from the Japanese consumers on US beef and BSE testing?
 
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Anonymous

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Alabama: "Would not COOl be a nice thing to have in place at a time like this."

What good would an unenforceable labeling law that exempts 75% of the beef imported into this country do to help this situation?

"M"COOL, AS WRITTEN, is a damn joke!

"M"COOL without "M"ID for enforcement is like a saddle horse without a saddle.



~SH~
 

Econ101

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~SH~ said:
Alabama: "Would not COOl be a nice thing to have in place at a time like this."

What good would an unenforceable labeling law that exempts 75% of the beef imported into this country do to help this situation?

"M"COOL, AS WRITTEN, is a damn joke!

"M"COOL without "M"ID for enforcement is like a saddle horse without a saddle.



~SH~

So meat processors can't tell if the meat comes from another country, SH?

If it is that bad, it shouldn't come across the border.

Just dump your bad meat at the border.

I heard there is a ship out there on the high seas waiting to unload.

Maybe you could arrange the deal.
 
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