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The government will likely ease as early as next year import restrictions on U.S. beef, imposed since 2003 after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to government sources..... http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111016003455.htm
Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan is considering easing its import restrictions on U.S. beef that have been in place due to concerns about mad cow disease, it was learned Tuesday......
Tokyo, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan has halted the imports of beef from a U.S. factory because its recent shipments contained ribs that cannot be confirmed as meat of cows aged 20 months or younger, the government said Tuesday.
Gov't panel discusses easing domestic BSE tests, U.S. beef import ban
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's health ministry began deliberations Monday at a food safety panel on easing screening requirements for domestic beef and import restrictions on U.S. and Canadian beef that were imposed over fears of mad cow disease.
Health ministry considers easing U.S. beef restrictions
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is moving toward easing restrictions on U.S. beef imports, which have been in place for about a decade over fears of mad cow disease.
Japan May Ease U.S. Beef Import Restrictions in 2012
Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is set to start discussions on easing its mad cow disease-linked import restrictions on beef from the United States and other countries in 2012, informed sources have said.
Astro Boy and Uran's Encyclopedia of Current Terminology / BSE
Reviewing beef import rules
Astro Boy: What is BSE?
Answer: BSE stands for "bovine spongiform encephalopathy," a disease that causes a spongy degeneration in the brains of cows. In many cases, cattle with BSE, also known as mad cow disease, die within six months. In Japanese, the disease is called "ushi kaimenjo nosho."
Japan begins process to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports
HONOLULU (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday that the Japanese government has begun a process to ease import restrictions on U.S. beef imposed over fears of mad cow diseases.
Japan's health ministry says it will ask a government panel to study easing restrictions on US beef imports. The restrictions were imposed as a precaution against BSE, or mad cow disease.
Friday, December 09, 2011 19:11 +0900 (JST) http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_37.html
Japan to ease limits on beef imports from U.S., 3 other nations
TOKYO (Kyodo) Japan plans to ease restrictions on beef imports from the United States, Canada, France and the Netherlands imposed over fears of mad cow disease, farm ministry sources said Friday.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to ask the government's food safety panel to assess the safety of imported beef in two cases in which the country allows imports of beef from cattle aged 30 months or younger and from cattle aged more than 30 months, ministry sources said Thursday.
The health ministry on Dec. 15 released a draft to ease restrictions on beef imports from a number of countries that started years ago over fears of mad cow disease.
(Update) Japan to Raise Age Limit for U.S. Beef Imports
Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan plans to raise the cattle age limit set for U.S. beef imports to 30 months from the current 20 months, the health ministry said Thursday.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Wednesday that frozen beef imported by a Japanese company from the United States in July contained spinal columns, so-called risk materials feared to cause mad cow disease and barred from importation into Japan.
Tokyo, Dec. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agricultural and health ministries said Wednesday that pieces of cow spine, imports of which are banned by the Japanese government, have been found in beef shipped from the United States.
