Japan Wants Its Own U.S. Meat Plant Inspections, Nikkei Says
> 2006-05-11 18:46 (New York)
>
>
> By Tak Kumakura
> May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will demand that its own
> inspectors examine U.S. meatpacking plants before resuming
> imports of American beef, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said in
> its English-language news service.
> The U.S. will probably accept the request, which will be
> made at a meeting of food safety experts from both countries
> to be held as early as next week in Tokyo, Nikkei English
> News reported, without saying where it obtained the
> information.
> Japan halted imports of U.S. beef on Jan. 20, just weeks
> after lifting a two-year ban imposed following the discovery
> of mad cow disease in Washington state. Imports were halted
> because Japan discovered banned parts in a shipment of meat.
> U.S. government officials said late last month that the
> U.S. may reduce the number of tests for mad-cow disease by
> almost 90 percent after data collected over two years showed
> the domestic herd is healthy.
>
> (Nikkei English News, 5-12) For the Nihon Keizai Web site,
> see {NKEI <GO>}
>
> --Editor: Rhodes
> 2006-05-11 18:46 (New York)
>
>
> By Tak Kumakura
> May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will demand that its own
> inspectors examine U.S. meatpacking plants before resuming
> imports of American beef, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said in
> its English-language news service.
> The U.S. will probably accept the request, which will be
> made at a meeting of food safety experts from both countries
> to be held as early as next week in Tokyo, Nikkei English
> News reported, without saying where it obtained the
> information.
> Japan halted imports of U.S. beef on Jan. 20, just weeks
> after lifting a two-year ban imposed following the discovery
> of mad cow disease in Washington state. Imports were halted
> because Japan discovered banned parts in a shipment of meat.
> U.S. government officials said late last month that the
> U.S. may reduce the number of tests for mad-cow disease by
> almost 90 percent after data collected over two years showed
> the domestic herd is healthy.
>
> (Nikkei English News, 5-12) For the Nihon Keizai Web site,
> see {NKEI <GO>}
>
> --Editor: Rhodes