Food Safety Commission OKs easing of all-cow testing for BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission is in session in Tokyo on May 6 on the issue of the country's import ban on American beef. The panel approved an easing of the blanket testing of all cows for mad cow disease, paving the way for lifting the ban imposed after the December 2003 discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.

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