Japan intensifies U.S. beef inspections

Japan intensifies U.S. beef inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks about discovery of spinal columns in a shipment from a National Beef plant in California at a news conference in Tokyo on April 24.

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