date:Jan 30, 2013
When's the last time you heard about mad cow disease? Right! SoJapan has further eased its decade-old restriction on imports ofAmerican beef, but it may be too late to do the US cattleindustry much good.
A Japanese government council that oversees food and drug safetycleared a change, effective Feb. 1, in import regulations thatwould permit imports of meat from American cattle 30 months oldor younger, rather than the current 20 months.
Japan, the world's largest net importer of food, institut