Farm minister Nakagawa speaks on U.S. beef imports

Farm minister Nakagawa speaks on U.S. beef imports

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20 on U.S. beef imports. The Japanese gov't later decided to completely halt U.S. beef imports due to the discovery that a shipment of American beef included a bovine body part considered a mad cow disease risk.

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