The United States will push Japan to further ease its restrictions on beef imports when talks begin today in Tokyo.
Japan ended all reinspections of US beef shipments two weeks ago after officials visited 28 meat packing plants and announced they were BSE compliant.
United States Agriculture secretary Mike Johanns is demanding Japan set a clear and aggressive timeline for the full re-entry of beef, after the World Organisation for Animal Health declared America's BSE risk under control.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment