Japan likely to lift beef ban by year end
TOKYO - Japan's imports of U.S. and Canadian beef are likely to resume before the end of the year, based on an analysis by the Expert Committee on Prions, a sub-group of the country's Food Safety Commission (FSC), released at a meeting Oct. 4. Source:...

Japan likely to lift beef ban by year end
TOKYO – Japan’s imports of U.S. and Canadian beef are likely to resume before the end of the year, based on an analysis by the Expert Committee on Prions, a sub-group of the country’s Food Safety Commission (FSC), released at a meeting Oct. 4. Source:...

Panel's BSE report supports lifting of ban on U.S., Canadian beef
JAPAN - Japan set in motion procedures to lift a ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports after a study panel said young cattle from the two countries have a very low risk of mad cow disease infection. The panel of experts on the disease, set up by the...

Panel's BSE report supports lifting of ban on U.S., Canadian beef
JAPAN - Japan set in motion procedures to lift a ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports after a study panel said young cattle from the two countries have a very low risk of mad cow disease infection. The panel of experts on the disease, set up...

Minister rapped for comments on BSE testing
JAPAN - Farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura has come under heavy fire from opposition and ruling party politicians for saying Japan's blanket testing of cattle for mad cow disease would be considered ``nonsense'' anywhere else. Shimamura was forced Thursday...

Minister rapped for comments on BSE testing
JAPAN - Farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura has come under heavy fire from opposition and ruling party politicians for saying Japan's blanket testing of cattle for mad cow disease would be considered ``nonsense'' anywhere else. Shimamura was forced...

Japan panel worried US feed rules may spread BSE
JAPAN - Members of an independent panel considering whether to allow U.S. beef to return to Japanese tables said on Wednesday they were worried that lax U.S. animal feed controls could allow mad cow disease to spread. The panel members, meeting for...

Japan eases testing for mad cow disease
JAPAN - The government eased Japan's blanket testing of cattle for mad cow disease on Monday, a move that may pave the way for the resumption of US and Canadian beef imports. With the step, cattle slaughtered at 20 months of age or younger can be excluded...

Japan ends blanket testing for mad-cow disease
JAPAN - Japan dropped its policy of testing all cattle for mad cow disease on Monday and will only require checks to be conducted on cattle that are 21 months or older. However, blanket testing will in effect continue in Japan as all local governments...

Japan's PM comments on 2nd mad cow case
TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday a recent case of mad cow disease detected in a U.S.-born cow will not affect Japan's decision to resume beef imports from the United States. "I don't think there is any (impact on the decision),"...

Japan's PM comments on 2nd mad cow case
TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday a recent case of mad cow disease detected in a U.S.-born cow will not affect Japan's decision to resume beef imports from the United States. "I don't think there is any (impact on the decision),"...

Possible mad cow case won't affect talks
JAPAN - Japan's negotiations with the United States aimed at restarting stalled imports of American beef won't be set back by a suspected second U.S. case of mad cow disease, a Japanese agriculture official said Tuesday. Source: businessweek.c...

Possible mad cow case won't affect talks
JAPAN - Japan's negotiations with the United States aimed at restarting stalled imports of American beef won't be set back by a suspected second U.S. case of mad cow disease, a Japanese agriculture official said Tuesday. Source: businessweek.c...

Japan confirms 20th case of mad cow disease
JAPAN - Japan has confirmed its 20th case of mad cow disease in a Holstein from northern Japan, the government said Monday. Experts concluded that the 4-year, 9-month-old cow from Shikaoi town in northern Hokkaido prefecture (state) was infected with...

Japan confirms 20th case of mad cow disease
JAPAN - Japan has confirmed its 20th case of mad cow disease in a Holstein from northern Japan, the government said Monday. Experts concluded that the 4-year, 9-month-old cow from Shikaoi town in northern Hokkaido prefecture (state) was infected with...

Japan confirms 19th case of mad cow disease
JAPAN - A nine-year-old Holstein cow in Hokkaido, north Japan, was diagnosed with the 19th case of mad cow disease in Japan, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Thursday. The cow was born in the spring of 1996, which was around the...

Japan confirms 19th case of mad cow disease
JAPAN - A nine-year-old Holstein cow in Hokkaido, north Japan, was diagnosed with the 19th case of mad cow disease in Japan, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Thursday. The cow was born in the spring of 1996, which was around the...

OIE rules not tough enough on BSE? Prove it: adviser
JAPAN - Japan will need to provide sound scientific evidence if it plans to have stricter regulations to combat mad cow disease than the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), according to an honorary adviser to the international body. Source:...

Japan Confirms 18th Case of BSE
JAPAN - Japan yesterday confirmed its 18th case of mad cow disease in an animal amid pressure from the United States to resume imports of its beef suspended over health fears. A panel of experts confirmed the 68-month-old female Holstein had had the...

Prefectures to maintain blanket testing of cattle for mad cow disease
JAPAN - All 47 prefectural governments plan to continue blanket testing of cattle for mad cow disease even though the central government may ease the current testing system later this year, the health ministry said Monday. Source: Japan Times<...