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Japan Bans U.S. Beef Imports after Mad Cow Outbreak.
(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on Dec. 26, 2003 decided to halt imports of U.S. beef and processed beef products, based on the Food Sanitation Law, following the U.S. government's announcement that it had found the first case of mad cow disease in the state of Washington. Japan is the world's largest importer of U.S. beef.
The government also ordered importers to recall U.S. beef products that might contain neural tissue such as brain and spinal cord. These parts are highly likely to contain prions, a very small unit of protein believed to cause mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). At the same time, it asked retailers to refrain from selling beef extracts because backbones are used as material for the products. The United States is the 23rd country to be subjected to a Japanese ban on beef imports, and the first since Canada in May 2003.
Japan imported about 240,000 tons of beef from the United States in 2002, with U.S. beef accounting for a quarter of total domestic consumption. On the heels of the government's decision, some major supermarket operators pulled U.S. beef off their shelves while airline companies removed U.S. beef from their in-flight meals. Yoshinoya D&C Co., which serves "gyudon" beef-over-rice, faces a difficult situation, as the firm ...
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