"Unsafe" U.S. beef may have been sold in Japan
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U.S. beef that does not meet Japanese  safety regulations has been imported into the country and some  may have been already sold to consumers, the Japanese  government said on late on Saturday.
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Japan agreed Saturday to resume imports of some American beef after a 10-month ban that shut United States cattle ranchers out of their most lucrative foreign market.
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Japanese trade negotiators agreed yesterday to reopen their markets to US beef, 10 months after discovery of a single case of mad-cow disease in Washington state prompted Japan to ban American imports.
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Washington - The US has welcomed an agreement with Japan paving the way for a resumption of imports of US beef, halted in December 2003 following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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TOKYO, Oct. 26 -- Japanese opposition leaders and consumer groups this week criticized a tentative agreement to lift a ban on U.S. beef imports, calling it a political gift from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President Bush before the U.S. election.
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Activists opposed to Chinese government ties with Japan may have contaminated Chinese-made dumplings that caused 10 people in Japan to fall ill, Japanese media quoted a senior Chinese food safety official as saying on Wednesday.
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Ground beef sold at Albertsons and Save-A-Lot supermarkets in 10 Western and Midwestern states is being recalled because of possible contamination with E. coli bacteria.
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Japan and the United States agreed on Saturday to resume imports of American beef from animals with birth records up to 20 months, Japan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Japan is expected to approve a partial resumption of imports of U.S. beef this week, a news report said Saturday.
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Talks on resuming American beef imports to Japan are not expected to be affected even if the United States confirms a new case of mad cow disease, officials at Japan&#39;s health and farm ministries said on Friday.
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An undercover video showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts has led to the largest beef recall in the United States and a scramble to find out if any of the meat is still destined for school children's lunches.
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TOKYO - US beef exports to Japan, valued at more than US$1.7 billion last year, will resume in a matter of weeks after Tokyo agreed to ease a 10-month ban on the meat brought by a lone case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Dumplings containing pesticide that sparked a health scare in Japan were likely contaminated at the factory in China, Japan's chief government spokesman said Friday.
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TOKYO -- On a recent business trip to Colorado, Japan's agriculture minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, popped into an inviting Japanese restaurant in the Denver suburbs with a hankering for a taste of back home. What he found instead was something he considered a high culinary crime -- sushi served on...
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VERNON, Calif., June 3  /PRNewswire/ -- United Food Group LLC in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is conducting a voluntary recall of 75,000 pounds of ground beef that is believed to be contaminated with the E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria.
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Japanese and US officials wrapped up three days of talks Saturday to lift Tokyo&#39;s 10-month-old ban on imports of American beef, reportedly narrowing differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but failing to strike a deal.
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Japan on Thursday announced the resumption of U.S. beef imports, ending a ban imposed over concerns about mad cow disease and removing a strain in relations with Washington.