Japan blocks some Tyson beef imports after mix-up (MalaysiaNews.net) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc. said Sunday that Japan had blocked beef shipments from one of its plants because they did not comply with safety standards designed to guard against mad cow dis... [News Source]

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-10-11 21:19 Japan blocks some Tyson beef imports after mix-up (Interactive Investor) WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc. said Sunday that Japan had blocked beef shipments from one of its plants because they did not comply with safety standards designed to guard against mad cow disease. Tyson said it had inadvertently included in a shipment to Japan a box containing spinal bones, which are prohibited under a trade agreement. Tyson plans to work with the U.S ... [News Source]

Japan blocks some Tyson beef imports after mix-up (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Tyson Foods Inc. said Sunday that Japan had blocked beef shipments from one of its plants because they did not comply with safety standards designed to guard against mad cow disease. [News Source]

Lift mad cow curbs, U.S. farm chief says. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu on Friday that Tokyo should lift all its mad cow disease-related controls on U.S. beef imports and fully open its beef market, Akamatsu said. [News Source]

Japan halts beef shipments from Neb. plant (The Washington Times) TOKYO | Japan suspended beef shipments from an American meatpacker Saturday over its failure to remove cattle parts banned under a bilateral agreement, as officials here raised concerns about U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease. Japanese quarantine inspectors found bovine spinal columns in one of 732 boxes shipped from Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. that arrived in Japan in late September, the ... [News Source]

Japan suspends beef imports from U.S. plant (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser) TOKYO — Japan suspended beef shipments from a U.S. meatpacker Saturday over its failure to remove cattle parts banned under a bilateral agreement, as officials here raised concerns about U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease. [News Source]