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100% BSE testing should be continued

We demand that BSE inspection should be continued in 2008 (pdf)
CUJ demands that 100% BSE inspection should be continued in 2008. Read the letter to Tokyo Governor Ishihara Shintaro, asking Tokyo to follow Yamagata, Miyazaki and Kyoto Prefecture, and support blanket testing of all cattle in Japan.
We demand that 100% BSE inspection should be continued [...]

OIE Rating: The BSE Risk In The US Remains High

CUJ OIE Comments (PDF)
On May 20, 2007, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) classified the United States as a “Controlled Risk” country, together with Canada, Switzerland, Taiwan, Chile and Brazil. This rating was decided at the OIE general meeting based on each country’s BSE status. As a result of this OIE rating, exports [...]

BSE: Statement of Opposition

20 February, 2007
To Mr. Matsuoka Toshikatsu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
To Mr. Yanagisawa Hakuo, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Statement of opposition to the violations against the Japan-U.S. agreement on the import of American beef (age limit rules) and a demand to stop all imports
On February 16, 2007 Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and [...]


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