Japan lifts ban on U.S. beef

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Jul 28th 2006 @ 11:04AM

Japan will soon begin to import beef from the U.S. again, after a nearly three year hiatus, according to the Associated Press. Japanese officials stopped importing U.S. beef in 2003 out of concerns about BSE or mad cow disease. Trade began once since then, but was quickly halted again when a shipment of veal was found to contain spinal chord, which is often suspect in transmitting BSE. The U.S. has already asked that trade not be halted completely should something similar happen again, Reuters reported. Many U.S. beef industry folk welcome the news, as Japan was the largest importer of U.S. beef in 2003, importing $1.4 billion worth.

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Tags: america, asia, beef, bse, import, japan, mad cow, trade, u.s.

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7-28-2006 @11:35AM MJ said... Spinal cord??? Maybe we should have higher standards. Buy kosher!!
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7-28-2006 @2:52PM Finished.Law.School said... "The U.S. has already asked that trade not be halted completely should something similar happen again." It is funny that they ask this despite obviously not caring whether BSE is transferred with spines and other brain matter that is negligently mixed in with other beef parts.
Idiots.
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