Matsusaka cow gets top prize amid mad cow scare

Matsusaka cow gets top prize amid mad cow scare

TSU, Japan - Dairy farmer Yukio Noguchi and his Yuki, a three-year-old cow which won this year's top Matsusaka prize, a stamp of approval by Japan's most prestigious brand of beef, poses for picture in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2001. Yuki won the prize at a fair in the prefecture known for its succulent beef, beating out 49 other chubby competitors.

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