TheCattleSite Latest News: Japan
16 March 2004
U.S. Pledge to Add BSE Tests Not Enough, Japan SaysJAPAN - 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...
15 March 2004
Japan May Not Insist U.S. Tests All Cattle for BSETOKYO - 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....
10 March 2004
Testing of all cattle for BSE unscientific: U.S. exporterTOKYO - 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...
09 March 2004
Japan confirms 11th mad cow caseTOKYO - 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...
Cow in Miyagi tests negative for BSETOKYO - 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 Today...
08 March 2004
Dead cow tests positive for BSE in HokkaidoJAPAN - 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,...
27 February 2004
Japan Dissatisfied With U.S. BSE Test Expansion PlanJAPAN - 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 PlanJAPAN - 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....
23 February 2004
10th Japanese Mad Cow case confirmedTOKYO - 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...
Kanagawa begins checks after discovery of 10th BSE caseJAPAN - 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 Today...
10th Japanese Mad Cow case confirmedTOKYO - 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...
Kanagawa begins checks after discovery of 10th BSE caseJAPAN - 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 Today...
21 February 2004
Japan finds 10th suspected case of mad cow disease
TOKYO - Japanese authorities have found a dairy cow suspected of being infected with mad cow disease - the first such discovery in more than three months, an official said Saturday. If confirmed, the animal would be Japan's...
New mad cow case in JapanJAPAN - There could be another case of mad cow disease in Japan, authorities there say. If the case is confirmed it will be the country’s tenth case so far. Initial tests on a dairy cow came up positive. Then, a second...
Japan finds 10th suspected case of mad cow disease
TOKYO - Japanese authorities have found a dairy cow suspected of being infected with mad cow disease - the first such discovery in more than three months, an official said Saturday. If confirmed, the animal would be Japan's...
New mad cow case in JapanJAPAN - There could be another case of mad cow disease in Japan, authorities there say. If the case is confirmed it will be the country’s tenth case so far. Initial tests on a dairy cow came up positive. Then, a second...
21 January 2004
Japan Bans Wholesale of Some U.S. BeefJAPAN - The Japanese government has ordered meat wholesalers not to sell more than 800 tons of American T-bone steaks and other beef products considered at risk of carrying mad cow disease, health officials said Wednesday. The...
Risky mad cow beef still being sold in JapanJAPAN - About 780 tons of beef products containing cow backbones at risk of mad cow disease infection have been imported to Japan from the United States since January last year, officials have said. The Ministry of Health,...
20 January 2004
Japanese team: U.S. and Canadian beef still not 100 percent safeTOKYO - A Japanese team that returned Monday from a mission to investigate the United States' first confirmed case of mad cow disease warned that American and Canadian cows were still vulnerable to an outbreak of the illness. Japan,...
Japan Minister Says Worried About More BSE in U.S.TOKYO - Japan's farm minister on Tuesday expressed concern about the possibility the United States might discover new cases of mad cow disease, and reiterated Japan's stance that it would not resume imports until it was sure of the safety of U.S. beef. Agriculture...
Australia eager to pinch-hit for U.S. beefJAPAN - Food retailers and restaurants, scrambling to make up for the loss of U.S. beef following its ban four weeks ago, have found a willing alternate supplier in Australia. The Australian government said last week that...
19 January 2004
Japan says more U.S. mad cow cases possibleTOKYO - Japan's Farm Ministry says there is no guarantee that other mad cow cases will not be found in the United States as the two countries prepare for talks this week on lifting a Japanese ban on U.S. beef imports. Japan,...
Japan reluctant to lift US beef ban for nowJAPAN - The prospects of Japan lifting its import ban on U.S. beef at an early date look dim after government officials expressed fears on Monday that more mad-cow cases could emerge in America. A team of government officials...
16 January 2004
Japan hopes for early lifting of ban on US beefTOKYO - Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei told his US counterpart Thursday that an early lifting of the ban on imports of US beef over mad cow fears is "desirable" and agreed to talks next week to discuss the possible re-opening of trade. Source:...
15 January 2004
US/Japan To Talk BSETOKYO - The U.S. and Japanese agriculture chiefs agreed Thursday to hold further talks aimed at lifting Tokyo's ban on U.S. beef imports, beginning with Washington's dispatch of a negotiating team to Japan next week, the Japanese government said. Source:...
13 January 2004
DNA testing to keep beef traders honest - Random checks are planned at retail outlets to discourage mislabeling.JAPAN - Concerned over what another beef-mislabeling scandal might do to consumer confidence on the heels of the first case of BSE in the United States, the government says it will begin testing the DNA of beef on sale at retail outlets. Source: The...
08 January 2004
Japan denies discussing steps to lift US beef banTOKYO - Japan's farm ministry denied on Thursday that it was considering proposals to the United States that could lead eventually to a resumption of U.S. beef imports, halted since the discovery of a case of mad cow disease. Source: Reuters...
07 January 2004
Japan to send investigation team to US, Canada for BSETOKYO - Japan will send a fact-finding team to the United States and Canada to investigate the cases of mad cow disease, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Wednesday. Source: Xinhuanet via Chinaview...
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