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Makes me wonder if this fellow ain't a former USDA employee :roll: -Hope he doesn't commit hari kari- he has no worry if he loses his job Johanns or the Tyson/Cargil crew can put him to work :wink: :???: ..
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Today 1/30/2006 12:36:00 PM
Jolley: Japan's Farm Minister Admits Beef Inspection Failure
A French-based news service, Agency France Presse, has reported Japan's farm minister admitted to a legislative committee looking into the US beef shipment containing banned material that he never sent teams to the United States to inspect beef.
"I want to apologize. We did not go to the United States before resuming imports," Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa told an often hostile legislative committee.
Amid the growing political firestorm Nakagawa said, "I will think about what I can do to take responsibility," as opposition parties called for his resignation.
The Japanese Government said at it would send inspectors to monitor safety rules it imposed for U.S. meatpackers before reopening their markets. On January 20 inspectors discovered that a U.S. shipment from Atlantic Veal included spinal columns and immediately imposed a new ban.
Seiji Maehara, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, said Nakagawa was admitting the government failed to ensure the public's safety. In unduly harsh terms, he said, "Farm Minister Nakagawa must step down. The Koizumi cabinet holds serious responsibility."
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Today 1/30/2006 12:36:00 PM
Jolley: Japan's Farm Minister Admits Beef Inspection Failure
A French-based news service, Agency France Presse, has reported Japan's farm minister admitted to a legislative committee looking into the US beef shipment containing banned material that he never sent teams to the United States to inspect beef.
"I want to apologize. We did not go to the United States before resuming imports," Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa told an often hostile legislative committee.
Amid the growing political firestorm Nakagawa said, "I will think about what I can do to take responsibility," as opposition parties called for his resignation.
The Japanese Government said at it would send inspectors to monitor safety rules it imposed for U.S. meatpackers before reopening their markets. On January 20 inspectors discovered that a U.S. shipment from Atlantic Veal included spinal columns and immediately imposed a new ban.
Seiji Maehara, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, said Nakagawa was admitting the government failed to ensure the public's safety. In unduly harsh terms, he said, "Farm Minister Nakagawa must step down. The Koizumi cabinet holds serious responsibility."