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Japan suspends beef imports from US plant

flounder

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17/10/07 17h19 GMT+1

AFP News brief
Japan suspends beef imports from US plant

Japan has suspended beef imports from a US meatpacking plant that violated a bilateral accord aimed at limiting the threat from mad cow disease, the government said Wednesday.

The farm ministry said part of a consignment of beef from a Cargill Inc. plant in Dodge City, Kansas, arrived at Kobe port on September 20 with blank safety certificates.

The shipment violates the accord because the products come from cattle of an unknown age.

Faced with threats of sanctions, Japan agreed last year to resume US beef imports on condition the cattle were not more than 20 months old at the time of slaughter, with brains, spinal cords and other risky parts removed.

Japan has so far rejected US calls to increase the age limit as it believes younger cattle are less likely to have accumulated infectious proteins that could cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease.

The meat delivered to Kobe did not include risky parts and was destined for elsewhere but was shipped to Japan by mistake, according to Japan Food Corp. of Tokyo, which imported it, the ministry said.

The ban will stay in place until the Tokyo government receives a "report on the result of a detailed investigation" on the matter, it added.

The same plant supplied beef without completed certificates to Japan last March, the ministry said.

Before it agreed to resume beef imports from the US, Japan, formerly the top overseas market for US beef, had halted imports twice since 2003 due to mad cow disease scares.

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=071017161932.ssadpg4w&cat=science


TSS
 

PPRM

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Now that works....

In the past, banning all of our meat meant that Cargills competitors payed a price for for cargills mistakes, so nothing lost.....Hit the guys responsible......That works,
PPRM
 

rkaiser

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Do any of you Americans think that Cargill truly gives a rats ass about America any more. There goal is to make money period. If that means exporting beef from a plant in Australia or South America and continue to hold a captive supply of beef on the North American Continent --- they will do it in a heartbeat. And since Scott is not here to call me a packer blamer - I will say that I give credit to Cargill for thinking this thing out and using every opportunity presented to them along with any that they can manufacture.

Every American producer and every Canadian producer should be pushing our governments to force the packers in both our countries to test for BSE and stop this ridiculous charade.
 

Tex

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rkaiser said:
Do any of you Americans think that Cargill truly gives a rats ass about America any more. There goal is to make money period. If that means exporting beef from a plant in Australia or South America and continue to hold a captive supply of beef on the North American Continent --- they will do it in a heartbeat. And since Scott is not here to call me a packer blamer - I will say that I give credit to Cargill for thinking this thing out and using every opportunity presented to them along with any that they can manufacture.

Every American producer and every Canadian producer should be pushing our governments to force the packers in both our countries to test for BSE and stop this ridiculous charade.

Amen.
 
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rkaiser said:
Do any of you Americans think that Cargill truly gives a rats ass about America any more. There goal is to make money period. If that means exporting beef from a plant in Australia or South America and continue to hold a captive supply of beef on the North American Continent --- they will do it in a heartbeat. And since Scott is not here to call me a packer blamer - I will say that I give credit to Cargill for thinking this thing out and using every opportunity presented to them along with any that they can manufacture.

Every American producer and every Canadian producer should be pushing our governments to force the packers in both our countries to test for BSE and stop this ridiculous charade.

… The number of cattle in feedlots slumped 22% on quarter and 23% on year to 680,519 in the third quarter, according to a quarterly survey issued Monday by ALFA and marketing concern Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd. …

I agree kaiser--With this lack of supply--- and the increasing Aussie beef prices in the Asian markets--You'd think there would be a cry for TESTED US and Canadian beef-- if in their "infinite wisdom" our governments" had allowed some of the Packers (Creekstone/etal) that wanted to test, to do so.....
Cargill probably could care less as they are pocketing the Aussie profits now....
 

hillsdown

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rkaiser said:
Do any of you Americans think that Cargill truly gives a rats ass about America any more. There goal is to make money period. If that means exporting beef from a plant in Australia or South America and continue to hold a captive supply of beef on the North American Continent --- they will do it in a heartbeat. And since Scott is not here to call me a packer blamer - I will say that I give credit to Cargill for thinking this thing out and using every opportunity presented to them along with any that they can manufacture.

Every American producer and every Canadian producer should be pushing our governments to force the packers in both our countries to test for BSE and stop this ridiculous charade.


If 99% of Canadian and American producers want every animal tested then why can we not join together and demand it?It saddens me that produces like RCALF and the Canadian group spend efforts lobbying the government and suing everyone they can instead of actually making changes in the industry that eliminates the problem.

Test them all of course a lot more will be found but the point is that they DO NOT enter the food chain.
 

rkaiser

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As was and is Beef Initiative Group Canada Porker. Met with the Provincial Government again yesterday and have an Ag minister with some gonads. In fact four of the five beef industry groups that were in front of the minister hailed his suggestion that he take the question to Japan when he leaves this Saturday. Guess who the fifth group was............................
 
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Anonymous

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If 99% of Canadian and American producers want every animal tested then why can we not join together and demand it?

Problem comes about because we have packer controlled groups like NCBA-ABP-CCA that are charading as cattlemens organizations-- and are telling the folks in D.C. and Ottawa just what the Packers want them to hear- and what they tell them to puppet, instead of what the majority of cattlemen actually want...

And up until about 7 years ago, with the formation of R-CALF and now USCA, we had no cattlemans voice-- and with the downfall of BIG-C, Canada still hasn't....

$175 per head for 4 years we've lost down here in the states-- and Canucks have lost more-- just because the USDA bowed to the wishes of the Multinational Packers and wouldn't allow testing to open our Asian markets :( :( :( :mad: :mad: :mad:


AUSTRALIA: September 28, 2007


SYDNEY - Record high grain prices have thrown Australia's A$4 billion (US$3.5 billion) beef cattle industry into disarray, emptying feedlots, cutting cattle saleyard prices and triggering price rises for domestic and exported beef.

The world's biggest beef exporter by value and the second-biggest exporter by volume, parts of Australia's beef industry have begun to shut down after feed grain prices doubled since June because of the decimation of crops by drought.

"Supplies of quality beef onto the domestic market and to export markets are going to start reducing quite substantially," said Malcolm Foster, president of the Australian Lotfeeders Association.

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44567/story.htm
 

Tex

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hillsdown said:
rkaiser said:
Do any of you Americans think that Cargill truly gives a rats ass about America any more. There goal is to make money period. If that means exporting beef from a plant in Australia or South America and continue to hold a captive supply of beef on the North American Continent --- they will do it in a heartbeat. And since Scott is not here to call me a packer blamer - I will say that I give credit to Cargill for thinking this thing out and using every opportunity presented to them along with any that they can manufacture.

Every American producer and every Canadian producer should be pushing our governments to force the packers in both our countries to test for BSE and stop this ridiculous charade.


If 99% of Canadian and American producers want every animal tested then why can we not join together and demand it?It saddens me that produces like RCALF and the Canadian group spend efforts lobbying the government and suing everyone they can instead of actually making changes in the industry that eliminates the problem.

Test them all of course a lot more will be found but the point is that they DO NOT enter the food chain.

The only problem with that, hillsdown, is that it would show how corrupt our government has been. There might be a call for accountability.

That is THE reason that the USDA will not allow private testing.


I personally believe it is unethical for anyone to argue that voluntary testing might lead to a push for testing of all cattle to be tested and hence cost the industry money.

Some people put ethics on the shelf when it comes to money or even the whiff of it.
 

Tex

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Big Muddy rancher said:
The word we are getting now is that japan has NOT renewed their funding for BSE testing as they are trying to phase it out. :???:

After you test all your livestock for a number of years and know the that you got rid of the problem, you too should be able to do what Japan is doing.

My kids didn't get the same vaccinations I did because some diseases were likewise eliminated. If I go to other parts of the world, however, I am encouraged to get vaccinations where diseases were not eradicated in those parts of the world.

Japanese consumers should have the right to have bse tested beef even if the Japanese government is phasing out its own testing.
 
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Big Muddy rancher said:
The word we are getting now is that japan has NOT renewed their funding for BSE testing as they are trying to phase it out. :???:

The only thing I remember seeing is that they were dropping funding and required testing on all cattle Under TWENTY Months old--but that the Packers/local governments were continuing it- and the consumers were still demanding it.....
 

Tex

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Oldtimer said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
The word we are getting now is that japan has NOT renewed their funding for BSE testing as they are trying to phase it out. :???:

The only thing I remember seeing is that they were dropping funding and required testing on all cattle Under TWENTY Months old--but that the Packers/local governments were continuing it- and the consumers were still demanding it.....

As I understand it, OT, that would be illegal in the United States.

We have the best government money can buy.
 

rkaiser

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Come now Big Muddy - are you going to continue to fight the masses. The Japanese government is being pressured just like every other government. The packers want generic beef. No special products. You are being conned Big Muddy. Testing will help producers, and the first ones out of the gate will be helped the most. Could you imagine the American customers who would take our BSE tested beef even when Mcool kicks in to gear? How long can you and Miss Tam keep it up. As long as old Hughy keeps it up? Look at the potential old boy - not the will to be proven right for the last four years of CCA garbage. We certainly could have pushed the testing button right off the bat, and I guarantee that hings would not be the same as they are now. Are you enjoying the current cattle prices?
 

Sandhusker

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Big Muddy rancher said:
The word we are getting now is that japan has NOT renewed their funding for BSE testing as they are trying to phase it out. :???:

I'll bet you that they aren't making private testing illegal like our morons have.
 

Big Muddy rancher

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Well boys I told you what I heard. One board member brought it up for discussion after he had a visit with David Pope. I listened with a open mind. It never came to a resolution.

Sandhusker maybe you could do a little research into Japans veiws on voluntary testing and inform the board.

Randy maybe you should talk to CFIA . I think Dr. Evans had something in the WP about allowing testing. Better check it out.
 

Sandhusker

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Big Muddy rancher said:
Well boys I told you what I heard. One board member brought it up for discussion after he had a visit with David Pope. I listened with a open mind. It never came to a resolution.

Sandhusker maybe you could do a little research into Japans veiws on voluntary testing and inform the board.

Randy maybe you should talk to CFIA . I think Dr. Evans had something in the WP about allowing testing. Better check it out.

It's not illegal. That would go over there like a fart in church. If you need to research Japan's views on testing, you haven't been paying attention.
 
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