Category: beef markets
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Progress
It looks like the beef industry might be making progress in Japan. The Japanese government might be thinking about <a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070805a3.html">upping the age limit for imported beef</a> from 20 month to the more generally accepted 30 month age limit. There is still one little hurdle to go through, the Food Safety Commission, and there is…
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Step Forward
Beef trade with Japan has taken a <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=2692EC9E-D863-3BFE-F4544C0BDA405F1C">big step forward</a>. They have given 35 beef plants a clean bill of health which will stop 100% inspections of imports in Japan and they will scale back to only random checks. This is a good step, now to work on getting them to accept something other…