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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/b...n-us-beef.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&ref=business
Japan eased its decade-old restriction on imports of American beef on Monday.
A Japanese government council that oversees food and drug safety cleared a change in import regulations that would permit imports of meat from American cattle 30 months old or younger, rather than the current 20 months.
The change is set to take effect on Friday for American beef processed after that date, and shipments could start arriving in Japan in mid-February, according to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Japan, the worlds largest net importer of food, instituted the ban in 2003 after bovine spongiform encephalopathy, an illness more commonly known as mad cow disease, was found in a single cow in Washington State.
I thought beef was expensive now. Wait til the Japanese demand bumps up the price.
Japan eased its decade-old restriction on imports of American beef on Monday.
A Japanese government council that oversees food and drug safety cleared a change in import regulations that would permit imports of meat from American cattle 30 months old or younger, rather than the current 20 months.
The change is set to take effect on Friday for American beef processed after that date, and shipments could start arriving in Japan in mid-February, according to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Japan, the worlds largest net importer of food, instituted the ban in 2003 after bovine spongiform encephalopathy, an illness more commonly known as mad cow disease, was found in a single cow in Washington State.
I thought beef was expensive now. Wait til the Japanese demand bumps up the price.
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