U.S. will not present new safety steps for beef

U.S. will not present new safety steps for beef

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn, undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meets reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 22. He suggested that Washington has no plans to meet Tokyo's demand for new measures that will put the U.S. system on par with Japanese safety standards, under which all cattle are tested. (Pool photo)

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