Japan Panel Recommends Dropping Cow Tests
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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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Plans to phase out the ban on cattle over 30 months old being sold as meat are announced.
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Japan indicated on Tuesday that it was nearing a decision on dropping its policy of testing all cattle for mad-cow disease, a move likely to move forward efforts to ease a nine-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports.
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It was almost over. After a year and eight months, the U.S. was finally ready to lift their ban on Canadian live cattle and beef imports -- a ban they put in place in May 2003 when the first case of BSE (aka mad cow disease) was discovered in Alberta. The ban devastated the Canadian beef industry. A cow that would have normally sold for $1,300 was selling for $15 instead. In total, the ban has cost the industry an estimated $5 billion.    But on Dec. 29, 2004, the USDA announced that it recognized Canada as a "minimal-risk region" for BSE and imports of young Canadian cattle would resume March 7, 2005. The new classification meant that Canada could have up to 11 cases of BSE and still be considered a safe country for cattle exports. Canadian cattle farmers rejoiced.    The next day, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported that preliminary tests had turned up another suspected case of mad cow disease in a 10-year-old dairy cow. They confirmed it three days later, but American officials said the announcement would likely not affect their decision to reopen the border.    Then the other shoe dropped.
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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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The USDA did not disclose details regarding the animal, but said it did not enter the food chain. The agency does not expect the finding to affect negotiations with Japan, which recently indicated it might soon open its borders to US beef.
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Japan and the United States narrowed their differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but couldn't reach a deal on reopening Japanese markets to U.S. beef after three days of arduous talks that ended Saturday.
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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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Japan may say it found its 15th case of mad cow disease in an animal found in Mie prefecture, Kyodo News said, citing the local government.
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US beef exports to Japan are to resume soon under an agreement reached yesterday to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Ten months after imposing a ban on imports of US beef because a cow died of brain fever in Washington state, Japan this weekend announced it had agreed to partially rescind the ban.
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A new case of mad cow disease in Japan won&#39;t affect a review of domestic cattle-testing procedures, said Chikara Sakaguchi, the nation&#39;s health minister.
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TOKYO (DTN) -- Here&#39;s the good news on the high-level US-Japan mad cow talks last week in Tokyo: Japan (in principle) will lift a ban on US beef that was put in place last December after the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was
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A panel of experts on Monday compiled a report on mad cow disease that paves the way for Japan to drop its current policy to test all cattle, setting the stage for a possible easing of a ban on US beef imports.
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Japan is dropping its much-criticized plan to kill protected humpback whales in the seas off Antarctica, a media report said Friday.
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Japan banned US beef at the start of the year when mad cow disease was detected in America. The market is worth $1.8 billion to Australian cattle farmers - its most valuable.
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This article by Diane Farsetta takes a closer look at why the USDA bans independent testing for mad cow disease. When one beef producer wanted to test its own products in order to meet international safety