Panel meets on lifting beef import ban

Panel meets on lifting beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - The Food Safety Commission's specialists panel is in session in Tokyo on Oct. 31 to discuss whether to recommend an end to Japan's two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports.

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