Monday August 31st 2009, 11:27 pm
Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has called on Australia's quarantine boss to explain why beef imported from NZ was labelled as coming from China.
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Burke has a beef with AQIS over labels (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
WTO to Probe Canada Complaint Against Korean Beef Ban (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Monday August 31st 2009, 4:54 pm
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The World Trade Organization agreed today to decide whether a South Korean ban on imports of Canadian beef imposed six years ago during an outbreak of so- called mad cow disease breaks global trade rules.
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WTO to hear Canada’s beef gripe against S. Korea (CBC.ca)
Monday August 31st 2009, 3:05 pm
The World Trade Organization has agreed to hear Canada's complaint that South Korea is unfairly banning imports of Canadian beef.
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WTO to hear Canada’s beef gripe against S. Korea (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Monday August 31st 2009, 2:46 pm
The World Trade Organization has agreed to hear Canada's complaint that South Korea is unfairly banning imports of Canadian beef.
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Canada Says WTO Sets Up Panel On S Korea Beef Ban (Nasdaq)
Monday August 31st 2009, 1:16 pm
OTTAWA -(Dow Jones)- The Canadian government said Monday the World Trade Organization has set up a dispute settlement panel to hear its challenge of South Korea's ban of beef from Canada.
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WTO to hear Canada’s beef over South Korea beef ban (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday August 31st 2009, 12:40 pm
The World Trade Organization has set up a dispute settlement panel to hear Canada?s challenge of South Korea?s continuing ban on Canadian beef, Canada's trade minister said Monday.
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WTO to Probe Canadian Complaint Against Korean Beef-Import Ban (Bloomberg)
Monday August 31st 2009, 11:39 am
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The World Trade Organization agreed today to decide whether a South Korean ban on imports of Canadian beef imposed six years ago during an outbreak of so- called mad cow disease breaks global trade rules.
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Grain Imports by Japan to Drop on DPJ Wheat, Soy Subsidy Plans (Bloomberg)
Monday August 31st 2009, 9:22 am
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Japan plans to cut food imports that make up more than half its total supply, helping local farmers at the expense of growers in the U.S., under a 1 trillion yen ($10.8 billion) policy by the nation’s new government.
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Where vegetarian cuisine is making history (Swissinfo)
Monday August 31st 2009, 4:10 am
Hiltl in Zurich is the oldest vegetarian restaurant in Europe and is currently managed by the fourth generation of the same family.
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FDA approves the usage of Valcyte for preventing CMV disease in pediatric kidney and heart transplant patients (News-Medical-Net)
Monday August 31st 2009, 1:37 am
Roche announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Valcyte(R) (valganciclovir hydrochloride) for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in pediatric kidney and heart transplant patients (4 months to 16 years of age) at high risk of developing CMV disease.
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