Japan against OIE draft proposal to ease beef trade curbs
Friday, March 25, 2005 at 08:09 JST
TOKYO — Japan plans to oppose a draft proposal by the World Organization for Animal Health to ease mad cow disease-related restrictions on trade in beef, government officials said Thursday.
The Paris-based organization, known as the OIE, has distributed the draft proposal to member countries in a bid to adopt the proposal at its general meeting in May, they said. (Kyodo News)