Tokyo, Hong Kong sign agreement to resume Japanese beef exports (The Japan Times) Japan has formally agreed with Hong Kong to resume beef shipments for the first time in over five years after they were banned because of mad cow disease, the Japanese government said Wednesday. Read more ... [News Source]

David Goldstein: U.S. Should Ban Chinese Protein Imports (HuffingtonPost) Back in 2003, when Mad Cow Disease was discovered in a single, 4-year-old Holstein cow on a diary farm in Mabton, WA , China was quick to react, banning all imports of U.S. beef , a move that cost U.S. ranchers $119 million a year in lost sales. To this day, China has yet to fully lift its ban. And yet faced with a massive, and apparently intentional contamination of imported Chinese ... [News Source]

Japan to Resume Hong Kong Beef Exports (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Japan will resume beef exports to Hong Kong this week for the first time in more than five years after the Chinese territory banned the meat due to a mad cow scare in Japan, an official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Deer-scent ban aims to prevent wasting disease. Nova Scotia hunters will have to leave their deer pee at home. In an effort to stop the contagious, lethal Chronic Wasting Disease from hitting Nova Scotia deer and elk, the Department of Natural Resources is banning the use of deer scents that contain bodily fluid. [News Source]

Japan to resume beef exports to Hong Kong after more than 5 years. Japan will resume beef exports to Hong Kong this week for the first time in more than five years after the Chinese territory banned the meat due to a mad cow scare in Japan, an official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Feds stand by Tyson Foods. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a Japanese request to remove a Nebraska beef processing facility owned by Tyson Foods Inc. from a list of plants authorized for Japanese export. [News Source]

Hong Kong partially lifts ban on beef imports from Japan. The Center for Food Safety of Hong Kong announced here Tuesday that it would resume processing applications for beef imports from Japan after more than five years of suspension amid mad cow disease worries. [News Source]

Japan to resume beef exports to Hong Kong after more than 5 years (The Star Online) TOKYO (AP): Japan will resume beef exports to Hong Kong this week for the first time in more than five years after the Chinese territory banned the meat due to a mad cow scare in Japan, an official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Japan, Hong Kong sign deal to resume Japanese beef exports (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Japan has formally agreed with Hong Kong to restart its beef exports to the Chinese territory for the first time in over five years after they were banned because of mad cow disease, the Japanese government said Wednesday. [News Source]