Health

Japanese Farm Minister Due in Canada for Talks on Mad Cow Disease

Agence France Presse | July 1, 2003 Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei is due here July 12 for talks with Canadian counterpart Lyle Vanclief on mad cow disease, a spokesman for Prime Minister Jean Chretien said Tuesday.

Canada Warns That Mad Cow Measures Could Backfire

Reuters News Service | By Gilbert Le Gras | June 25, 2003 OTTAWA - Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief warned export markets yesterday that unnecessary restrictions on Canadian beef arising from fears of mad cow disease could backfire on those countries in terms of general trade.

Japan Asks U.S. to Ensure Safety of Beef Supply

Meatingplace.com | By Joshua Lipsky | June 6, 2003

Canadian Mad Cow Scare Push U.S. Beef Wholesale Prices And Profits To Record Highs

Reuters | By MATTHEW LEWIS AND JERRY BIESZK June 2, 2003 Spurred by a scare over mad cow disease in Canada, demand for U.S. beef has soared and profits for U.S. beef packers stampeded to record levels, cattle and beef market analysts said May 30..

China, Brazil Ban Beef From Canada; Fears For US Cattle

just-food.com | May 29, 2003 The Chinese agriculture ministry today [Thursday] announced a ban on imports of live cattle and beef from Canada, in response to concern about BSE in Canadian cattle. It was the first case in North America in a decade, and only the second ever.

Canadian Farmers Face Dead Cattle Pile-Up

C B C . C A N e w s | May 29, 2003 WINNIPEG-- Canadian cattle farmers, coping with the impact of mad cow disease on their hurting industry, now face a new dilemma: how to get rid of stock that has died of natural causes. 70c5cb.jpg

Nunavut Meat Exporters Rail against U.S. Cow Ban

CBC News | May 26, 2003 CAMBRIDGE BAY, NUNAVUT - The government of Nunavut is lobbying for its muskox and caribou meat to be exempt from the U.S. import ban on Canadian meat. The territory's department of sustainable development says the ban is unfair. It was put in place after a cow in Alberta tested positive for mad cow disease.

Mad Cow Madness

THE FINAL WORD | By Alan Guebert | May 23, 2003 1.) Mad cow madness What many claimed could never happen in North America happened Tuesday when Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief confirmed mad cow disease had been discovered in an eight-year-old cow from a farm in northwestern Alberta.

Mad Cow Quarantine Expands

C B C . C A N e w s | May 24, 2003 OTTAWA-- Three more farms in Alberta were quarantined Saturday as investigators widened their search for the cause of one case of mad cow disease in the province. Sixteen farms are now under quarantine including 11 in Alberta, two in Saskatchewan and three in B.C.