I'm glad to hear you think we have an exquisite Animal ID program but what we have in Canada may not be enough if the Japanese tie us to the US and what you don't have.

As far as Creekstone they may have had a agreement with some Japanese but from what we hear it wasn't the Japanese that make the import regulations.

What you said was "Japan continues to ask for tested beef"  and I just want to know what Japanese you are talking about.  As if it is not the Government it may not matter if the USDA  agrees to testing. The USDA, like the Japanese restaurant industry,  doesn't make Japanese import regulations.