New system set to secure the future for beef producers
AUSTRALIA - A new National Livestock Identification System will take effect from July 1. The introduction of the national system to replace the current identification scheme is designed to provide a whole-of-life traceability scheme for Australian cattle....

Australian technology tracks Japanese meat
AUSTRALIA - Following the Japanese Government's recent announcement that meat 'trace-back' systems must be installed in all abattoirs, meat industry IT specialist company, Thorsys Australia, is to supply the required equipment to Japan's Okinawa Meat...

Cattle prices rise on BSE concerns
AUSTRALIA - The discovery of BSE, or mad cow disease, in the United States, is starting to have an impact on cattle markets in northern New South Wales. Source: ABC

Canadian ranchers deny wrongdoing
AUSTRALIA - The Canadian feedlot that shipped a BSA-infected cow to the US more than two years ago said they had followed regulations in force at the time. Source: The Age

Australia to lobby Japan on beef
AUSTRALIA - Australia will tell Japan to drop its higher tariffs on imported beef as part of talks over the impact of the United States' mad cow disease on world beef markets. Source: The Age

Sheep exports threatened by US mad cow scare
AUSTRALIA - Australia's lamb and sheep meat producers fear exports may be affected by the mad cow disease scare in the United States Source: ABC Online

'Mad cow' herd may be slaughtered
AUSTRALIA - The US Department of Agriculture could order the slaughter of the cattle herd that included the cow that tested positive for mad cow disease, if officials find that other cows had been infected. Source: Reuters via ABC

Japanese seek Australian beef
AUSTRALIA - Australian beef producers are not expecting a bonanza from the United States mad cow scare despite a Japanese delegation heading to Australia in January to explore buying more beef. Source: NineMSM