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New World Food Prize Foundation Chief Reviews History of Award (Oct. 13, 2004)
World Food Prize Foundation Chief Reviews History of Award (Oct. 13, 2004)
U.S. Agriculture Department Donates Food to Yemen (June 10, 2004)
Agriculture Negotiations Progressing, USTR's Johnson Says (June 8, 2004)
U.S. Agriculture Department Bolstering Biotechnology Rules (June 8, 2004)
Agriculture Negotiators Closer to Agreement, USTR's Johnson Says (June 7, 2004)
United States to Require Prior Notice of All Imported Food (June 3, 2004)
New Rule Sets Procedures for U.S. Detention of Suspect Food (June 2, 2004)
African Agriculture Meeting to Focus on Production (June 2, 2004)
U.S.-Mexican Consultative Panel on Agriculture Holds Talks (May 26, 2004)
New U.S. BSE Testing Program Expected To Begin in June (May 25, 2004)
Borlaug Urges More Agricultural Research to Help Poor Countries (May 21, 2004)
U.S. Ready to End Agricultural Subsidies, Negotiator Says (May 20, 2004)
U.S., Japan Hold First Meeting to Resolve Beef Trade Issues (May 20, 2004)
U.S., Japan To Begin Talks To Resume Trade in Beef (May 17, 2004)
Market Access Still Seen as Obstacle to WTO Agriculture Reform (May 10, 2004)
Iraqi Agriculture Minister Assumes Full Control of Ministry (May 6, 2004)
Tightening of Rules on Testing of Imported Foods Sought (April 30, 2004)
U.S., Japan Will Form Working Group To Discuss BSE Issues (April 30, 2004)
U.S., Japan Will Try To Expedite Beef Consultations, USDA Says (April 30, 2004)
U.S., China Cooperating on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (April 26, 2004)
Congress Explores Alleged Iraqi Oil-for-Food Abuses (April 23, 2004)
China To Resume Trade in Some U.S. Beef Products, Biotech Corn (April 23, 2004)
U.S. Negotiator Sees Modest Progress at WTO on Agriculture (April 23, 2004)
NAFTA Agricultural Trade an Unqualified Success, U.S. Official Says (April 21, 2004)
U.N. Makes New Appeal to Help Haiti Meet Food Needs (April 20, 2004)
U.S. Agriculture Dept. Promotes Free Online Trade Database (April 12, 2004)
Negroponte Pledges Support of Oil-for-Food Probe (April 9, 2004)
Bush Seeking Funding Increase for Foreign Food Programs (April 9, 2004)
Negroponte Says U.N., Iraq to Probe Oil-for-Food Program (April 8, 2004)
Bush Seeking $23.5 Million for Food and Agriculture Defense Plan (April 8, 2004)
[Link] Confronting Mad Cows and Other Risks (Jan. 27, 2004 - American Council on Science and Health)
Security Council Backs Oil-For-Food Probe (April 1, 2004)
U.N. Organization Seeks $60 Million to Boost Afghan Agriculture (April 1, 2004)
U.N. Organization Seeks $60 Million to Boost Afghan Agriculture (April 1, 2004)
World Food Prize Laureates Announced (March 31, 2004)
Annan Seeks Corruption Probe into Oil-for-Food Program for Iraq (March 31, 2004)
U.S. Urges Give-and-Take in WTO Agriculture Negotiations (March 29, 2004)
U.S. Official Encouraged by Resumed WTO Agriculture Negotiations (March 26, 2004)
U.S. Projecting Near Record Agriculture Exports in 2004, Veneman Says (March 16, 2004)
Enhanced BSE Testing Program to be Fully Operational by June 1 (March 16, 2004)
Agriculture Secretary Hails U.S.-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (March 16, 2004)
U.N. Agency Launches $4 Million Appeal for Agricultural Aid to Haiti (March 12, 2004)
U.S. Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposed Mad Cow Rule (March 9, 2004)
U.S. Animal Identification System Would Initially Be Voluntary (March 5, 2004)
Mexico Resuming Beef Trade With United States (March 5, 2004)
Treaty Covering Pesticides, Chemicals Goes Into Effect (Feb. 26, 2004)
U.S. to Strengthen Animal Testing Program, Veneman Says (Feb. 23, 2004)
U.N. Agriculture Organization Urges Inclusion of Forestry in Development Plans (Feb. 18, 2004)
U.S. Launches New Biotechnology Regulation Web Site (Feb. 18, 2004)
USTR Zoellick Discusses Doha, BSE at Tokyo Press Conference (Feb. 12, 2004)
BSE Advisory Group Recommends Further Ban on Risk Materials (Feb. 12, 2004)
USTR Outlines Central American Trade Agreement Agricultural Issues (Feb. 12, 2004)
U.S. Completes BSE Investigation, Agriculture Official Says (Feb. 10, 2004)
U.S. Agriculture Official Says China's WTO Compliance "Mixed" (Feb. 6, 2004)
Bush to Request Additional $47 Million for BSE Activities (Feb. 4, 2004)
Bush FY05 Budget Includes Hikes for Food Safety Activities (Feb. 4, 2004)
Bush Pushes for Enhanced Food Security (Feb. 4, 2004)
Bush to Request Additional $47 Million for BSE Activities (Feb. 3, 2004)
Bush to Request Additional $47 Million for BSE Activities (Feb. 2, 2004)
International Panel Recommends Continued U.S. BSE Prevention Focus (Jan. 28, 2004)
Bush Administration Works to Re-Open Markets to U.S. Beef (Jan. 28, 2004)
U.S. Institutes More Safeguards Against Mad Cow Disease (Jan. 28, 2004)
USDA Announces First Steps To Update Biotech Rules (Jan. 26, 2004)
Testing All U.S. Cows for BSE Not Necessary, Officials Say (Jan. 26, 2004)
USDA and FDA officials discuss BSE at Tokyo press conference (Jan. 23, 2004)
Regaining Beef Exports Markets Top U.S. Priority, Veneman Says (Jan. 23, 2004)
U.S. Officials Arrive in Japan to Discuss Beef Ban Issue (Jan. 22, 2004)
U.N. Food Agency Aims to Help Nicaraguan Coffee Growers (Jan. 22, 2004)
U.S. to Convene Expert Panel to Review New BSE Regulations (Jan. 22, 2004)
Agriculture Reform Key to Global Trade Talks, U.S. Official Says (Jan. 20, 2004)
U.S., Canada, Mexico Coordinating Response to BSE, Veneman Says (Jan. 20, 2004)
USDA Locates Another Cow Linked to BSE Case (Jan. 16, 2004)
Trading Partners Can Be Confident of Safety Measures U.S. Taking on Beef (Jan. 16, 2004)
U.S. Officials to Visit Japan in Attempt to Reopen Beef Market (Jan. 16, 2004)
Third Cow Traced to Suspect Herd, U.S. Agriculture Dept. Says (Jan. 14, 2004)
New Food Safety Rules Boost Protections Against Mad Cow Disease (Jan. 13, 2004)
U.S. To Kill Additional Cattle and Test for Mad Cow Disease (Jan. 13, 2004)
Armitage, Nakagawa Discuss Security Issues, Beef Exports (Jan. 9, 2004)
USDA Officials, Mexican Counterparts Meet to Discuss U.S. Beef Exports (Jan. 7, 2004)
DNA Confirms BSE-Infected U.S. Cow Originated in Alberta, Canada (Jan. 7, 2004)
U.S. to Destroy Quarantined Calves as Mad Cow Precaution (Jan. 6, 2004)
U.S. Investigators Continue Work on Mad Cow Case (Jan. 5, 2004)
U.S. and Canada Cooperating on Mad Cow Investigation (Jan. 5, 2004)
Bush Administration Implements Safeguards to Protect Beef Supply (Jan. 2, 2004)
Japanese Agriculture Secretary Veneman Announces Additional Protection Measures to Guard against BSE (Dec. 30, 2003)
New York Sun op-ed: The Mad Cow Kerfuffle (Dec. 26, 2003)
USDA Chronology Outlines Events in U.S. Mad Cow Case (Dec. 31, 2003)
U.S. Announces Aggressive New Measures on Beef Safety (Dec. 31, 2003)
U.S. Officials Report Progress on Mad Cow Investigation (Dec. 30, 2003)
Officials Investigating Origins of Case of Mad Cow Disease (Dec. 29, 2003)
USAID Funds Program to Boost Afghanistan Agriculture (Dec. 24, 2003)
Food Safety Cooperation Among Countries Growing, USDA Says (Dec. 24, 2003)
U.S. Issues Online Guide to New Food Safety Rules (Dec. 16, 2003)
USAID Grant to Nonprofit to Fund Food Security Program (Dec. 16, 2003)
FDA and CBP Announce Their Transitional Compliance Policy on Food Imports Under the Bioterrorism Act (Dec. 11, 2003)
Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Dec. 1, 2003)
Trade Liberalization Important for Food Security, Official Says (Nov. 25, 2003)
Japanese New Rules to Enhance U.S. Food Supply Security (Oct. 9, 2003)
Japanese FDA'S New Food Bioterrorism Regulation: Interim Final Rule - Registration of Food Facilities (Oct. 30, 2003)
Japanese FDA'S New Food Bioterrorism Regulation: Interim Final Rule -- Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (Oct. 30, 2003)
Food Safety Effort Building, U.S. Agriculture Official Says (Nov. 21, 2003)
U.S. Expanding Capacity to Rapidly Respond to Food Terrorism (Nov. 20, 2003)
Iraqis Want Exchanges in Agriculture, USDA's Veneman Says (Nov. 18, 2003)
U.S.-China Agriculture Pact To Benefit Research, Official Says (Nov. 13, 2003)
Senate Approves $17 Billion FY04 Agriculture Spending Bill (Nov. 10, 2003)
Food Facility Registration System Now Operational (Oct. 20, 2003)
U.S. Issues New Rules to Protect National Food Supply (Oct. 10, 2003)
USTR Cites Differences in U.S., EU, Japan Agricultural Supports (Sept. 11, 2003)
U.N. Food Organization Calls for Greater Effort to Stop Forest Fires (Sept. 10, 2003)
Agriculture's Penn Says Biotech Important for Crop Improvement (Sept. 4, 2003)
Biotech Can Bring Green Revolution to Africa, Expert Says (Sept. 4, 2003)
Biotechnology Debate Steered by Myths, Not Science, Expert Says (Sept. 4, 2003)
Livestock Production More Efficient With Biotech, Asserts Expert (Sept. 4, 2003)
Biotech Best for Improving Crops, Says Cornell Expert (Sept. 4, 2003)
Biotech Reduces Risk of Unwanted Traits, U.S. Official Says (Sept. 4, 2003)
Biotechnology Promotes Development, Boosts Trade, Larson Says (Sept. 4, 2003)
Rejecting Biotech Food Aid Risks Lives, U.N. Official Says (Sept. 4, 2003)
Food and Drug Administration Proposing Tougher Food Import Rules (Aug. 25, 2003)
USDA Requires Permits for Industrial Biotech Plants (Aug. 18, 2003)
U.S.-EU Framework on Agriculture Seen as Way Out of WTO Impasse (Aug. 15, 2003)
Veneman Says U.S. Resuming Imports of Canadian Beef (Aug. 12, 2003)
U.S. Challenging EU Biotech Moratorium in WTO Dispute Panel (Aug. 8, 2003)
USTR Zoellick Seeking Agriculture Trade Compromise With EU (Aug. 1, 2003)
Veneman Decries Japan's Plan to Increase Tax on U.S. Beef Imports (July 31, 2003)
U.S. Reports on Broad Effort to Ensure Safety of Food Supply (July 25, 2003)
Bertini Awarded World Food Prize (July 18, 2003)
U.S. Cooperating With Canada on Inspection of Mad Cow Case (May 25, 2003)
Statement on BSE Cow in Alberta, Canada (May 21, 2003)
Statement by Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman Regarding Canada's BSE Investigation (May 20, 2003)
USTR Says Regulation Assures Safe Biotech Products (May 14, 2003)
U.S., Others Filing WTO Challenge to EU Ban on Biotech (May 14, 2003)
Commonly Used Crop Insecticide Shows Promise Against Parasitic Worms (March 10, 2003)
FDA Proposes Rule of Prior Notice of Shipped Food (Jan. 31, 2003)

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