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from january 1, 2002, the rules for compulsory beef labelling will be tightened in order to give the consumers more detailed information on the beef they are buying. compared to the existing legislation, the beef label will now have to include in addition to the place of fattening, slaughtering and cutting also precise information about where the animal was born and reared. commenting on the new rules, franz fischler, commissioner for agriculture, rural development and fisheries, declared: \"this marks an important step in enabling full traceability of cattle in the eu.

french farm minister jean glavany gave another hint on wednesday that paris would not rush to remove its ban on british beef over mad cow fears despite a european union court decision that its embargo was illegal. speaking at a meeting of eu farm ministers in brussels, glavany repeated comments made last week after the european court of justice ruling. he said consumer protection would remain his guiding principle in deciding how to respond.

france will make sure that it protects consumers as it decides how to respond to a ruling by the eu\'s top court that it is breaking eu law by banning british beef, farm minister jean glavany said on friday. the minister also renewed his criticism over the safety of british beef, a day after the european court of justice ruled that france was acting illegally by continuing to ban the meat because of fears it still poses a risk of mad cow disease.

france is breaking european union law by banning british beef over fears of mad cow disease, the eu\'s highest court said on thursday. the final ruling from the european court of justice puts new pressure on paris to drop its unilateral ban or face the prospect of hefty fines. \"the court declares unlawful france\'s refusal to lift the ban on correctly marked or labelled imports of british beef and veal from 30 december 1999,\" the court said in a statement.

britain\'s farmers expressed confidence on tuesday that france\'s unilateral ban on british beef due to mad cow fears would be ruled as illegal by the end of the week, laying to rest a long-running trade stand-off. the national farmers\' union said it expected europe\'s top court, the european court of justice, to rule against france\'s refusal to comply with an eu commission decision in 1999 to ease a more than three-year ban on british beef.

there has been a general reduction in non-compliances in meat hygiene teams this year in the uk meat industry, a new report reveals this week. the annual report, published by the uk food standards agency, sets out the results of 150 audits which took place between april 2000 and march 2001 on the performance of meat hygiene service (mhs) hygiene and inspection teams at licensed plants.

beef consumption in europe is showing signs of a pick-up after the sharp downturn earlier this year sparked by the mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth scares, eu farm commissioner franz fischler said on tuesday. speaking at a meeting of european union farm ministers, fischler reported new export opportunities, although cattle that were retained on farms earlier this year were now being presented for slaughter and this was depressing prices.

on september 24, australia confirmed the suspension of importation of japanese beef and beef products following the formal confirmation of a case of bse in a japanese dairy cow. this action is being taken by the australian quarantine and inspection service (aqis). professor dick smallwood, commonwealth chief medical officer, said that the risks from japanese beef were extremely low but the suspension was in line with australia\'s tough restrictions on beef from countries affected by bse.

the australia new zealand food authority (anzfa) said that it had advised state and territory health authorities to ensure the removal of a brand of french corned beef from shops pending a full investigation. this advice follows the recent sale of tulip brand corned beef to tasmanian consumers through chickenfeed tasmania from stocks previously withdrawn from the marketplace when a suspension was placed on the import of european beef products in january 2001.