Japan’s BSE demands dividing U.S. cattle industry
JAPAN - Japan’s continued insistence that the U.S. test all cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) at slaughter is creating a divide in the cattle industry. Scientists agree that BSE, commonly called mad cow disease, doesn’t develop in...

Japan could learn from U.S. food safety problems
JAPAN - The discovery in late December of the first U.S. case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, has sparked discussions on the integration of U.S. departments and agencies in charge of food safety. Source: Daily Yomiuri...

Kirin Brewery and Hematech Succeed in Generating BSE Free Human Antibody-producing Cow
TOKYO - Kirin Brewery, as part of its joint project with Hematech LLC to develop a cow that can produce human antibodies, has succeeded in producing a cow fetus in which neither bovine antibody gene1 nor the gene for the prions2 that are the cause of...

Scientists claim BSE-immune cow
JAPAN - Japanese and US scientists say they have produced a cow that will be immune to mad cow disease, also known as BSE. The cow is due to be born early next year, said Japan's Kirin Brewery which carried out the work with US biotechnology company...

Brewery produces cow "immune to BSE"
TOKYO - Kirin Brewery, Japan's number-two beer maker, has succeeded in producing a cow that is immune to mad cow disease, but experts said it was too early for livestock producers to celebrate. Kirin officials said on Monday the company had produced...

U.S., Japan plan more talks to resolve BSE deadlock
TOKYO - Japan and the United States boosted understanding of each other's methods of surveillance and control of mad cow disease, but made no fresh demands at working group talks, officials from both countries said on Wednesday. They were speaking after...

Infected brains on menu for BSE tests
JAPAN - In an unappetizing experiment, health experts will feed cattle the brains of cows infected with mad cow disease to find an early detection method for the brain-wasting disease, officials said. The National Institute of Animal Health next month...

Japan Still Wants U.S. Mad Cow Checks After Accord
TOKYO - Japan is sticking to its demand that the United States check all slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease following this weekend's agreement to work to solve the trade dispute, a senior farm ministry official said on Monday. Source: Reu...

Public told answer unlikely on infected-cow mystery
JAPAN - The public may never know whether the Yakima County Holstein infected with mad-cow disease was truly a "downer" cow, congressional investigators said yesterday. The revelation comes as U.S. Department of Agriculture officials meet with Japanese...

Japan says ball in U.S. court on beef trade issue
TOKYO - Japan is waiting for the United States to make the next move to resume talks on normalising beef trade, deadlocked on Tokyo's demand that all cattle be tested for mad cow disease, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday. Source: Reu...

U.S. Pledge to Add BSE Tests Not Enough, Japan Says
JAPAN - Japan will retain its ban on U.S. beef imports because yesterday's offer to test more cattle for mad cow disease doesn't go far enough to ensure the meat is safe, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda. Source: Bloomberg

Japan May Not Insist U.S. Tests All Cattle for BSE
TOKYO - Japan will not insist the U.S. test all the cattle it slaughters before agreeing to restart beef imports if it can offer alternative steps that will ensure its meat is safe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said. "We have asked the U.S....

Testing of all cattle for BSE unscientific: U.S. exporter
TOKYO - Japan's request for testing all U.S. cattle for mad cow disease is unscientific, Philip Seng, president of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, said Tuesday. While Japan is the only member of the World Organization for Animal Health to test all...

Cow in Miyagi tests negative for BSE
TOKYO - A cow from a farm in Miyagi Prefecture, which was earlier suspected of being infected with mad cow disease, was confirmed Monday to be free of the brain-wasting disease, according to results of the latest test on the cow. Source: Japan...

Japan confirms 11th mad cow case
TOKYO - Japan confirmed another case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, its 11th since the brain-wasting illness was discovered in the country in September 2001 and the second in about two weeks.      The Agriculture Ministry said...

Dead cow tests positive for BSE in Hokkaido
JAPAN - The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Sunday a cow from a Hokkaido farm that was slaughtered Wednesday after injuring itself had tested positive for mad cow disease, becoming the 11th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy,...

Japan Dissatisfied With U.S. BSE Test Expansion Plan
JAPAN - Japan isn't satisfied with a planned measure by the U.S. government to boost testing for mad cow disease as it does not meet Japanese demands for blanket testing of all cattle, Kyodo News reported, citing a top bureaucrat at the farm ministry....

Japan Dissatisfied With U.S. BSE Test Expansion Plan
JAPAN - Japan isn't satisfied with a planned measure by the U.S. government to boost testing for mad cow disease as it does not meet Japanese demands for blanket testing of all cattle, Kyodo News reported, citing a top bureaucrat at the farm ministry....

Kanagawa begins checks after discovery of 10th BSE case
JAPAN - Local livestock health and food safety officials on Monday inspected a farm in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, after it was announced Sunday that the farm had kept a cow that had mad cow disease, the 10th such case in Japan. Source: Japan...

10th Japanese Mad Cow case confirmed
TOKYO - Japanese authorities yesterday confirmed the nation's 10th case of mad cow disease since the first was discovered in September 2001. The Health Ministry made the announcement a day after saying it suspected the nearly eight-year-old Holstein...