"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 announced confirmation of its third case of mad cow disease this year, but a beef industry export official said he doesn&#39;t expect it to impact trade talks between Japan and the United States.
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The sharp increase of beef recalls involving E. coli raises questions about whether the Agriculture Department has given the meat industry too much leeway to police itself.
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Japan confirmed its 13th mad cow disease on Wednesday, said the health ministry, as the nation is in short of beef supply for the ban of imports from the United States.
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TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered a recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse where employees are accused of mistreating cattle.
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TOKYO - Japan could stop testing newborn and younger cows for mad cow disease without posing a risk to public health, a special panel decided Monday, in a ruling that could influence talks to lift Tokyo's ban on American beef imports.    Japan shut its doors to U.S...
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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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Federal officials are trying to track down the 143 million pounds of beef recalled Sunday, but they say that most of it has probably been eaten.
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Japan and the United States reached an agreement this morning that will allow the export of some American beef. The Japanese halted trade after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state last December, but now they have agreed to do business again.
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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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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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Japan's lucrative market for U.S.  beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain  closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials  said on Thursday.
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U.S. and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its billion-dollar market last year over a mad cow disease scare.
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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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TOKYO - Japan could stop testing newborn and younger cows for mad cow disease without posing a risk to public health, a special panel decided Monday, in a ruling that could influence talks to lift Tokyo&#39;s ban on American beef imports.
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TOKYO - US and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its billion-dollar market last year over a mad cow disease scare.