January 27, 2006
By Cyndi Young
Talk about a communications problem. Some spinal cord material found in a shipment of beef from New York caused Japanese Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa to reinstate a ban on U.S. beef imports faster than you can say bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Our agreement with Japan requires all at-risk materials be removed from the meat before shipment. […]
May 21, 2004
By Cyndi Young
I spent last week in Mexico on a U.S. Media Tour hosted by the U.S. Meat Export Federation and sponsored in part by United Soybean Board. We began our tour in Mexico City, flew mid-week to Monterrey, and drove to the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo, right across the border from Laredo, Texas. Just […]
May 14, 2004
By Cyndi Young
How do you feel about allowing a packer to BSE-test 100% of the cows he processes? As I see it, this is one of the most contentious issues animal agriculture has dealt with in some time. I spent a few days in Washington, D.C. last week with a group of my peers, meeting with lobbyists, […]
