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<blockquote data-quote="farmwife" data-source="post: 250487" data-attributes="member: 4247"><p>Not sure when it starts, but here is a little information that I received via email after I started the thread.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Japan again lifts ban on U.S. beef </p><p> </p><p>by Bill McDowell on 7/27/2006 for Meatingplace.com </p><p> </p><p>As expected, Japan announced early Thursday that it would once again resume importing some U.S. beef, ending a nearly 28-month standoff that effectively shut down one of the U.S. industry's largest export markets.</p><p></p><p>Under the agreement, the Japanese will only accept shipments of beef from cattle 20 months or younger from a list of 34 approved processing plants. Certification of the plants came following a month-long tour by a Japanese Agriculture Ministry advisory committee of 35 U.S. plants to ensure they met required safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy.</p><p></p><p>Although trade briefly resumed in December 2005, it shut again the following month, following discovery of a shipment of veal containing specified risk materials.</p><p></p><p>At a news conference, Japan's Health Minister Jiro Kawasaki said the committee found no problems at 20 of the 35 facilities and that an additional 13 had made sufficient improvements to become eligible. One plant remains under provisional surveillance and one will remain forbidden from exporting to Japan. There are no plans in place to add additional plants to roster, he told reporters.</p><p></p><p>Kawasaki said the Health Ministry will continue to monitor the efficacy of the export verification program over the next six months.</p><p></p><p>In a statement, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns welcomed the news. "This has been a long process as we've confirmed that our system is in full compliance with Japan's import requirements and provided Japan with clear, scientific data confirming that American beef is extremely safe. It is gratifying to know that these efforts paid-off, as did the patience demonstrated by Congress," he said.</p><p></p><p>But Johanns also added a slightly barbed comment taking Japan to task for abruptly shuttering the border for a second time in January.</p><p></p><p>"Nations need reasonable methods of addressing the inadvertent shipment of products that don't meet an importing country's specifications, without disrupting an entire trading relationship," he said. "The U.S. has such methods of addressing noncompliant shipments from Japan, as well as our other trading partners, and I am hopeful that going forward Japan will take a similar approach."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmwife, post: 250487, member: 4247"] Not sure when it starts, but here is a little information that I received via email after I started the thread. Japan again lifts ban on U.S. beef by Bill McDowell on 7/27/2006 for Meatingplace.com As expected, Japan announced early Thursday that it would once again resume importing some U.S. beef, ending a nearly 28-month standoff that effectively shut down one of the U.S. industry's largest export markets. Under the agreement, the Japanese will only accept shipments of beef from cattle 20 months or younger from a list of 34 approved processing plants. Certification of the plants came following a month-long tour by a Japanese Agriculture Ministry advisory committee of 35 U.S. plants to ensure they met required safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Although trade briefly resumed in December 2005, it shut again the following month, following discovery of a shipment of veal containing specified risk materials. At a news conference, Japan's Health Minister Jiro Kawasaki said the committee found no problems at 20 of the 35 facilities and that an additional 13 had made sufficient improvements to become eligible. One plant remains under provisional surveillance and one will remain forbidden from exporting to Japan. There are no plans in place to add additional plants to roster, he told reporters. Kawasaki said the Health Ministry will continue to monitor the efficacy of the export verification program over the next six months. In a statement, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns welcomed the news. "This has been a long process as we've confirmed that our system is in full compliance with Japan's import requirements and provided Japan with clear, scientific data confirming that American beef is extremely safe. It is gratifying to know that these efforts paid-off, as did the patience demonstrated by Congress," he said. But Johanns also added a slightly barbed comment taking Japan to task for abruptly shuttering the border for a second time in January. "Nations need reasonable methods of addressing the inadvertent shipment of products that don't meet an importing country's specifications, without disrupting an entire trading relationship," he said. "The U.S. has such methods of addressing noncompliant shipments from Japan, as well as our other trading partners, and I am hopeful that going forward Japan will take a similar approach." [/QUOTE]
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