“Emerging Issues in Global Meat Trade” is the topic of a workshop that USDA ERS will hold Sept.18-19 in Washington, D.C., to discuss cloning, animal diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) restrictions, supply and demand issues, feed grain suppliers and country-of-origin labeling (COOL).
The workshop will highlight pertinent issues in the U.S. livestock and meat sectors, focusing specifically on international trade implications.
Specific topics include the potential market and trade impacts of cloning, the influence of animal diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) restrictions on trade flows, global meat supply and demand issues, feed grain suppliers in the global meat complex, and country-of-origin labeling (COOL).
The workshop is free and open to all, but space is limited.
The agenda, registration and other information about the workshop is at http://www.ers.usda.gov/ConferenceCenter/GlobalMeat/index.htm
For more information, contact Michael McConnell at 202/694-5158 or mmcconnell@ers.usda.gov, or Kenneth H. Mathews Jr. at 202/694-5183 or Kenneth.Mathews@usda.gov.
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