Japan Ag Minister: Imports of U.S. beef likely to resume
by John Gregerson
on 1/30/2006 for Meatingplace.com
Though he didn’t specify a time table, Japanese Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday that Japan is likely to resume import of U.S. beef once problems concerning a Tokyo-bound shipment of U.S. beef containing spinal parts are satisfactorily resolved. Speaking on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Nakagawa said that while there was no possibility of an immediate solution, trade most likely would resume at an unspecified date.”It is unfortunate there has been the development that we have had to interrupt the trade of beef with the United States,” Nakagawa told reporters. “But once the problem is resolved, probably we are going to resume the trade.”
