Argentina Animal
USIA: Economic Perspectives, June 1996 - Hanrahan, CharlesE.
Livestock producers use hormones because they speed up growthrates and produce a leaner carcass more in line with consumerpreferences for diets with reduced fat and cholesterol. Hormonesenable producers to reduce costs by lowering the amount of feednecessary to produce meat while increasing the weight of acarcasssignificantly. Growth-promoting hormones approved for use in theUnited States are compounds that either naturally occur in ananimal's body or mimic naturally occurring compounds. Generally,these compounds include estrogen, testosterone, or similarnaturalcompounds. All such products used in the United States aremanufactured in the form of implants that are placed beneath theskin on the backside of an animal's ear. The manufacture,marketing, and use of implants are regulated by the U.S.Departmentof Agriculture, which maintains that hormones in beef from animplanted animal have no physiological significance for humans. ... [Read More]
Food Safety Assessments for Bio-Engineered Crops in U.S. Food Aid Donations
Outside the United States, bio-engineered maize varieties have been approved for use in human food and animal feed in several other countries as well, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. South Africa has conducted food safety reviews of bio-engineered maize and has approved both yellow and white maize varieties, which are now being planted. Bio-engineered soybean varieties have been approved for food and feed uses in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, European Union, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and Uruguay. ... [Read More]
Washington HyperFile - East Asia/Pacific Edition
210 Animal Products, Produce Growing Parts of World Food Trade ... [Read More]
Agricultural Biotechnology Calendar - US Department of State
U.S. Animal Health Association Annual Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina ... Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, California ... International Conference on Animal Genetics, Kobe, Japan ... [Read More]
Paraguay (09/04)
Trade (2003): Exports--$1.24 billion: soybeans, cotton, meat and meat products, wood, animal hides, and vegetable oil. Major markets--Brazil (34.2%), Uruguay (19.6%). Imports--$1.86 billion: fuels and lubricants, machinery, electric materials, transportation and accessories, industrial chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and manufactures, paper and manufactures. Major suppliers--Brazil (32.5%), Argentina (21.6%). ... [Read More]
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Si desea viajar con otro tipo de animal, deberá consultar con nuestro Departamento de Agricultura en la Embajada Tel: 5777-4533/34 int. 4644 o visitar la pagina web del: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File
(International conference acts to better protect multiple animal, plant species) (1710) ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
If such certificates are not presented at the Argentine port of entry and/or if the animal shows symptoms of sickness, it will be quarantined for 40 days at the owner’s expense. ... [Read More]
USIA, Economic Perspectives, September 1997 --Non-proliferation Regimes
Formed in 1984 and chaired by Australia, the Australia Group is agroup of countries that seek to curb the proliferation ofchemical and biological weapons through coordinated exportcontrols on: chemical weapons precursors; dual-use chemical andbiological manufacturing facilities, equipment, and relatedtechnology; and biological agents including plant, animal, andhuman pathogens and toxins. ... [Read More]
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Take your pet's rabies and health certificate from your veterinarian to the S.E.L.S.A. (Instituto Lazareto), Brasil and José C. Balbín, Dársena Sur, Puerto de Buenos Aires. Tel: 4361-4632, Monday through Friday from 12:00 to 4:00 PM. S.E.L.S.A. will retain the animal's health certificate and give you an official document called "Certificado Sanitario de Viaje" Present this document to Argentine and US Customs authorities. If you wish to travel with any other pet, you should consult our Agriculture Department. Tel: 5777-4533/34 ext. 4644 or visit the web site at Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ... [Read More]
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