Panel eyes easing domestic BSE tests, U.S. beef ban A health ministry food safety panel began deliberations Monday on easing screening requirements for domestic beef and import restrictions on U.S. and Canadian beef that were imposed over fears of mad cow disease. The ministry is considering raising the lower age limit on testing of slaughtered domestic cattle for the brain-wasting disease from the current 21 months or older. It is the first ... [News Source]

Panel eyes easing domestic BSE tests, U.S. beef ban A health ministry food safety panel began deliberations Monday on easing screening requirements for domestic beef and import restrictions on U.S. and Canadian beef that were imposed over fears of mad cow disease. The ministry is considering raising the lower age limit on testing of slaughtered domestic cattle for the brain-wasting disease from the current 21 months or older. It is the first ... [News Source]

Gov’t panel discusses easing domestic BSE tests, U.S. beef import ban. Japan's health ministry began deliberations Monday at a food safety panel on easing screening requirements for domestic beef and import restrictions on U.S. and Canadian beef that were imposed over fears of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Gov’t panel discusses easing domestic BSE tests, U.S. beef import ban. Japan's health ministry began deliberations Monday at a food safety panel on easing screening requirements for domestic beef and import restrictions on U.S. and Canadian beef that were imposed over fears of mad cow disease. [News Source]