Food fair in Shanghai

Food fair in Shanghai

Australian beef's section at the SIAL Shanghai international food fair is crowded with potential buyers on May 20, 2025, as many reportedly avoid U.S. beef even after the recent tariff agreement between China and the United States. Around 5,000 companies from over 110 countries and regions are taking part in the fair.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

Australian Beef Sold in Shanghai's Supermarkets

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - Chilled beef from Australia is displayed on a shelf at a fresh food supermarket in Shanghai, China, June 14, 2024.

Australian Beef

Australian Beef

People shop Australian beef at Sam's supermarket in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 10, 2023.

Australian beef industry leader meets press in Tokyo

Australian beef industry leader meets press in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Lachie Hart, chairman of the Australian Beef industry Japan FTA taskforce, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014.

Kagawa meat shop raided over mislabeled beef in school lunch

Kagawa meat shop raided over mislabeled beef in school lunch

MARUGAME, Japan - Meat shop Fujiya Seiniku-ten in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, is raided by police July 26 on suspicion it supplied 1.3 tons of Australian beef falsely described as domestic meat for local school lunches from December to January.

Australia can boost beef exports to Japan by 80%

Australia can boost beef exports to Japan by 80%

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Ambassador to Japan John McCarthy speaks to reporters at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 28 about the country's beef exports to Japan. McCarthy said Australia can increase its annual beef exports to Japan by about 80%.

Australian farm minister asks Japan not to curb beef imports

Australian farm minister asks Japan not to curb beef imports

KOBE, Japan - Australia's farm minister Warren Truss promotes Australian beef at a cooperative store in Kobe on July 25. Truss asked Japan not to curb beef imports while Japan's beef consumption recovers from the breakout of mad cow disease.

(1)Snow Brand Foods shareholders approve dissolution plan

(1)Snow Brand Foods shareholders approve dissolution plan

SAPPORO, Japan - Shareholders of Snow Brand Foods Co. attending an extraordinary meeting at a Sapporo hotel April 26 approve a management proposal to dissolve the scandal-hit firm and entrusted its president and five other board members with remaining tasks to wind it up. The company earlier admitted it passed off Australian beef as Japanese beef to benefit from a government buyback scheme introduced after the discovery of mad cow disease in Japan last September.

Doi briefed on beef-labeling scandal

Doi briefed on beef-labeling scandal

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi (2nd from R) is briefed Jan. 28 by Yoichi Mizutani (R), president of storage contractor Nishinomiya Reizo in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, where Snow Brand Food Co. falsified data on imported Australian beef.

All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

KOBE, Japan - All Snow Brand Food Co. ham and sausage, delicatessen and processed-meat products are removed from shelves at a supermarket in Kobe on Jan. 26, as its scandal relating to mad cow disease was unveiled. Snow Brand Food's employees in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, repackaged 13.8 tons of Australian beef last October in order to pass it off as Japanese beef and claim government compensation under the buyback scheme.

(2)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

(2)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Shozo Yoshida (L), president of Snow Brand Food Co., bows in apology at a news conference at his company Jan. 23. The subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. admitted it had disguised imported Australian beef as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare.

(1)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

(1)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Boxes containing imported Australian beef disguised as Japanese are shown to members of the media at a warehouse in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22. Snow Brand Food Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., admitted it had attempted to pass the beef off as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare in Japan.

All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

KOBE, Japan - All Snow Brand Food Co. ham and sausage, delicatessen and processed-meat products are removed from shelves at a supermarket in Kobe on Jan. 26, as its scandal relating to mad cow disease was unveiled. Snow Brand Food's employees in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, repackaged 13.8 tons of Australian beef last October in order to pass it off as Japanese beef and claim government compensation under the buyback scheme.

Kagawa meat shop raided over mislabeled beef in school lunch

Kagawa meat shop raided over mislabeled beef in school lunch

MARUGAME, Japan - Meat shop Fujiya Seiniku-ten in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, is raided by police July 26 on suspicion it supplied 1.3 tons of Australian beef falsely described as domestic meat for local school lunches from December to January. (Kyodo)

Doi briefed on beef-labeling scandal

Doi briefed on beef-labeling scandal

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi (2nd from R) is briefed Jan. 28 by Yoichi Mizutani (R), president of storage contractor Nishinomiya Reizo in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, where Snow Brand Food Co. falsified data on imported Australian beef.

Japan, Australia to cooperate over support of Pacific island nations

Japan, Australia to cooperate over support of Pacific island nations

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) and his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop (L) hold talks in Tokyo on May 22, 2015. They agreed to closely cooperate to beef up support for Pacific island nations, according to Japanese officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, Australia to cooperate over support of Pacific island nations

Japan, Australia to cooperate over support of Pacific island nations

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop shake hands in Tokyo on May 22, 2015. They agreed to closely cooperate to beef up support for Pacific island nations, according to Japanese officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Frozen Imported Food In Qingdao City

Frozen Imported Food In Qingdao City

Frozen food imported Australian boneless beef ribs photographed at Kai Ji Import Merchandiser Centre. Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, November 18, 2020.

Frozen Imported Food In Qingdao City

Frozen Imported Food In Qingdao City

Frozen food imported Australian boneless beef ribs photographed at Kai Ji Import Merchandiser Centre. Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, November 18, 2020.

(1)Snow Brand Foods disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

(1)Snow Brand Foods disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Boxes containing imported Australian beef disguised as Japanese are shown to members of the media at a warehouse in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22. Snow Brand Foods Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., admitted it had attempted to pass the beef off as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare in Japan.

Australian beef prices reduced in Japan

Australian beef prices reduced in Japan

Photo shows Australian beef on sale at an Aeon shopping mall in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2018. The Japanese retailer announced a plan the same day to cut prices of such beef from Dec. 7 with the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement going into effect by the end of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australia can boost beef exports to Japan by 80%

Australia can boost beef exports to Japan by 80%

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Ambassador to Japan John McCarthy speaks to reporters at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 28 about the country's beef exports to Japan. McCarthy said Australia can increase its annual beef exports to Japan by about 80%. (Kyodo)