TheCattleSite Latest News: Japan
26 March 2009
Japanese Farm Households Turning From DairyJAPAN - The Japan Dairy Council, an organization comprising dairy-related and raw milk producing groups across the country, predicts about 1,240 farm households in all prefectures except Hokkaido will cease raising cows this year....
13 March 2009
Japan Cites Safety of Cloned MeatJAPAN - Beef and pork products from somatic cell-cloned cows, pigs and their offspring are as safe as those from conventionally bred ones, the Japanese government's food risk assessment body said in a draft report released yesterday....
08 January 2009
Paving the Way for Cloned Meat to Japanese MarketJAPAN - A Food Safety Commission working group likely will acknowledge the safety of meat from cloned cattle and swine in a report to the commission's higher panel, potentially paving the way for cloned meat to enter the market. ...
24 December 2008
Japan to Extend Safeguard TriggersJAPAN - Japan’s Tariff and Foreign Exchange Council has recommended extending the current beef safeguard calculation for another year....
22 December 2008
Grass-fed Beef Promotion in JapanJAPAN - Meat and Wool New Zealand has mounted a major New Zealand grass-fed beef promotion during December in the island chain of Okinawa, the southern-most prefecture in Japan....
15 December 2008
JBS Plant Banned from Exporting to JapanJAPAN - The beef plant of JBS-Swift at Green Bay, has been banned from exporting meat to Japan....
11 November 2008
Real Value of Japan's One Trillion Yen BSE TestsJAPAN - Questions about the effectiveness of Japan’s policy of testing 100 per cent of cattle for BSE were raised in a seminar hosted by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)....
30 October 2008
Japan Suspends Imports from CargillJAPAN - According to Agriculture Ministry official, the meatpacking plant has shipped a package of minced beef that is banned under current bilateral agreements....
03 September 2008
Marketing US Pork and Beef in JapanJAPAN - Two members of the Nebraska Soybean Board’s (NSB) officer team have just completed a five-day trade mission through Japan....
08 August 2008
Japan Continues BSE Testing For all CattleJAPAN - Japan’s local authorities are continuing to voluntarily test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for all domestic cattle under 21 months of age, citing consumers’ lingering concerns on safety – this move comes despite the government...
14 July 2008
Local Japanese Agencies Continue BSE Testing AloneJAPAN - All 77 of the nation's meat inspection stations plan to continue testing domestically slaughtered cattle aged 20 months or younger for mad cow disease after central government subsidies for the testing end in August, it was learned Friday. ...
13 May 2008
Wagyu: A Lesson in Marketing from JapanJAPAN - Ever since the Japanese wagyu meat hit foreign shores its value has sky-rocketed. Wagyu, famous for the lavish upbringing of cattle, is now regarded as one of the highest quality meats in the world, a lesson that many producers are trying...
01 May 2008
SRM Discovered in US Shipment to TokyoJAPAN - Japan has announced the suspension of beef from a Californian beef plant after it was revealed that a recent shipment was contaminated with Specified Risk Material (SRM). ...
03 April 2008
Japan Studies the Safety of Cloned MeatJAPAN - Unsatisfied with the recent reports that conclude that meat from cloned animals is safe, Japan has decided to conducts its own experiments. ...
14 March 2008
Prediction: 75,000 Tonnes Shipped from US to JapanJAPAN - A recent report from the United States Department of Agriculture has said that US beef exports to Japan are expected to increase more than 60% by the end of the year....
12 March 2008
Japan's Low Methane Emission CattleJAPAN - Japanese scientists claim to have developed a new solution to prevent cows from releasing environmentally damaging methane into the atmosphere....
31 January 2008
Japanese Gate Price Standstill ExpectedJAPAN - Japan is expected to continue with the current method of calculating its beef import safeguard into Japan fiscal year (JFY) 2008, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service....
14 January 2008
"Unsafe" U.S. Beef May Have Been Sold in JapanJAPAN - 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. ...
11 January 2008
China Wants Japan Beef Smuggling to EndJAPAN - The Chinese government has asked Japan to take appropriate steps to prevent travelers from smuggling Japanese beef into China, according to sources....
09 January 2008
Japan Set to Keep Safeguard LevelJAPAN - Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has recommended an extension to the current safeguard trigger levels for imported beef to cover the Japanese 2008 Financial Year (JFY) (April 2008 to March 2009)....
16 November 2007
Japanese Cattle Farmers Are Highly SubsidizedJAPAN - Farmers may be surprised to hear of Japanese farmers enjoying help on capital and subsidy from government to put up and run their own cattle farms. ...
08 November 2007
Kirin Holdings To Acquire Dairy For 294 Billion yenTOKYO - Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings Co Ltd said Thursday it will acquire 100 percent of Australian dairy company National Foods Ltd from Philippine parent company San Miguel Corp for 294 billion yen....
29 October 2007
Meat Hope Put Rabbit In Ground beef, Test ShowsJAPAN - Former executives of bankrupt meatpacking company Meat Hope Co. mixed rabbit meat into ground meat mislabeled as 100 percent beef, according to DNA analysis by Hokkaido police. ...
18 October 2007
Japan Suspends Beef Imports From US PlantJAPAN - Japan has suspended beef imports from a US meatpacking plant that violated a bilateral accord aimed at limiting the threat from mad cow disease, the government said Wednesday. ...
16 October 2007
BSE Measures Law Has Bark But No BiteJAPAN - Meat from a cow temple, which is banned by law as a specified risk material, is suspected to have been taken out from a meat-processing center in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, but the violators will get off scot-free because the law does not provide...
27 August 2007
U.S. Japan Have "Shared Awareness" Over Safety Of U.S. BeefJAPAN - Japan and the U.S. have a "shared awareness" on the safety of U.S. beef after a two-day technical meeting, a Japanese official said Aug. 3, as Washington seeks relaxed import restrictions imposed over bovine spongiform encephalopathy concerns....
09 August 2007
Japan To Export Beef To CanadaJAPAN - Japan will export beef to Canada next week for the first time ever. ...
07 August 2007
Japan Studying U.S. Data To Decide On Beef RulesJAPAN - Japan is studying data provided by the United States on U.S. beef safety as it considers relaxing its rules on beef imports, Japanese Agriculture Ministry officials said on Monday. ...
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