Japan to Accept US Beef Again
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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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Hall of Fame major league baseball player Nolan Ryan will be visiting Japan this month in a new role -- to make a sales pitch for beef from the United States, now struggling to regain its former position as a top supplier.
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Japanese imports of U.S. beef totaled   only 105 tonnes in August, the first full month of shipments   since Tokyo reopened the market to meat from the United States,   government data showed on Thursday.
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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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The U.S. ambassador was among customers thronging a major Japanese fast-food chain Monday to savor the return of a popular rice dish topped with American beef that was off the menu for more than two years due to mad cow disease fears.
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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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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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South Korea, once the world's  third-largest export market for American beef, said on Friday  it would open its doors again to U.S. beef and end a three-year  ban imposed because of mad cow disease.
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TOKYO -- Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state, but did not set a date for restarting trade.
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Oct 26, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - US and Japanese negotiators have reached general agreement on steps for resuming their beef trade after a 10-month interruption caused by the discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Washington state
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American and Japanese negotiators agreed Saturday to ease a 10-month-old ban on American beef exports to Japan, a deal that will reopen the US beef industry&#39;s biggest overseas market to at least some products.
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Australia&#39;s domination of the export beef trade in Japan is likely to end after weekend moves in Tokyo to allow renewed access to United States producers.
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South Korea said Monday it will hold talks with the United States about further easing its restrictions on imports of American beef, in an attempt to resolve a thorny trade dispute.
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WASHINGTON -- Pending a final round of inspections, Taiwan has agreed to resume imports of US beef and beef products, which were suspended because of concerns over mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.
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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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TOKYO  - Japanese and U.S. officials wrapped up three days of talks  Saturday to lift Tokyo'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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WASHINGTON - Taiwan has agreed in principle to resume imports of US beef and beef products, US officials announced Tuesday. In 2003, Taiwan&#39;s purchases of beef and products amounted to some $325 million.