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Mexico to accept OTM Canadian beef this fall

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 28, 2016

Mexico will resume “fully normalized” trade in beef products with Canada starting Oct. 1, accepting imports of Canadian beef from cattle over 30 months old (OTMs). The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Canadian Meat Council announced the move in separate releases Tuesday, following a joint statement by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Prime Minister Justin […] Read more

A Western blot analysis, used to confirm BSE in bovine brain tissue. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

France confirms new BSE case

By Reuters March 24, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– France’s agriculture ministry confirmed Thursday a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) had been discovered in the northeastern region of Ardennes. The suspected case, found in a five-year-old cow, was identified last week during a test carried out on cattle older than 48 months after slaughter. The farm ministry said there […] Read more

A town square in Aguas Calientes, near Machu Picchu in southern Peru. (CIA.gov)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Peru lifts trade barriers to U.S. beef

By Reuters March 14, 2016

Washington, D.C. | Reuters — Peru has agreed to lift its remaining safety barriers to U.S. beef exports, further opening one of the fastest-growing markets in Latin America to U.S. ranchers, Obama administration officials said Monday. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the agreement with Lima will remove certification requirements […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Korea’s temporary ban on Canadian beef lifted

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 31, 2015

South Korea’s temporary ban on imports of Canadian beef and veal, imposed after Canada’s discovery of a 19th case of BSE in February, has been lifted as of Wednesday. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the Korean government’s decision Thursday. South Korea had re-imposed its ban on Canadian beef after the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Feed was ‘most plausible’ source of BSE in Case 19

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 3, 2015

Canada’s food safety agency is still tracking down the last herdmates of the country’s 19th domestic case of BSE, but will otherwise assume the Alberta cow most likely caught the disease from traces of proteins in its early feed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Nov. 30 submitted its final report on Case 19 — […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Prime cuts

The BSE decade

By Steve Kay October 26, 2015

Students of history often look back at previous decades to see what lessons were learned and how they can be applied to the present and future. So it’s instructive to look back at the past two decades involving the beef industries on both sides of the border. The E. coli crisis of the 1990s changed […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU to resume beef exports to Canada

By Reuters October 20, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union is to resume exports of beef to Canada from 19 of its member countries for the first time since 1996, when they were halted in the wake of the BSE scandal. The European Commission said Tuesday that Canada’s action was part of a growing trend to recognize the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

BSE case’s traceout continues

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 7, 2015

Federal officials tracing out the herdmates of Canada’s 19th domestic case of BSE expect to have their final report on the case ready in late fall. Confirmed Feb. 11 as Canada’s first domestic case of the brain-wasting bovine disease since 2011, Case 19 was born in 2009 on the same northern Alberta farm as Case […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

By Reuters June 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has lowered to the safest level the official risk of six countries for BSE, a move expected to open international market access for their beef exports. These countries are France, Ireland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Liechtenstein. OIE members in Paris last week eased […] Read more

Beef Cattle, CCA reports

CCA Report: An update on Canada’s beef trade

From the May 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson May 26, 2015

Calving season is well underway and I am feeling very optimistic about the future. Prices, which seem to reach new market highs for all classes of cattle each week, are part of the reason. A global shortage of beef, largely due to prolonged and widespread drought, has pushed the U.S. cattle herd to a 50-year […] Read more

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Mexico to accept OTM Canadian beef this fall

France confirms new BSE case

Peru lifts trade barriers to U.S. beef

Korea’s temporary ban on Canadian beef lifted

Feed was ‘most plausible’ source of BSE in Case 19

The BSE decade

EU to resume beef exports to Canada

BSE case’s traceout continues

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

CCA Report: An update on Canada’s beef trade

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