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Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission's prion research group discusses in Tokyo on Oct. 24 whether Japan may ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. The panel later released a draft report saying the risk of mad cow disease being found in North American beef is ''extremely low'' if import terms are met properly.

Panel to agree in March to exclude young cows from mad cow tests

Panel to agree in March to exclude young cows from mad cow tests

TOKYO, Japan - The Prion Research Committee of the Food Safety Commission, a government panel in charge of mad cow disease, is in session in Tokyo on March 11. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, chairman of the committee, indicated after the session that his panel may reach a conclusion later in the mmonth that young cows aged up to 20 months can be excluded from tests for mad cow disease, clearing one of hurdles to lift a 15-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports to Japan.

Panel to agree in March to exclude young cows from mad cow tests

Panel to agree in March to exclude young cows from mad cow tests

TOKYO, Japan - The Prion Research Committee of the Food Safety Commission, a government panel in charge of mad cow disease, is in session in Tokyo on March 11. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, chairman of the committee, indicated after the session that his panel may reach a conclusion later in the mmonth that young cows aged up to 20 months can be excluded from tests for mad cow disease, clearing one of hurdles to lift a 15-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports to Japan. (Kyodo)

Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission's prion research group discusses in Tokyo on Oct. 24 whether Japan may ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. The panel later released a draft report saying the risk of mad cow disease being found in North American beef is ''extremely low'' if import terms are met properly. (Kyodo)

Clinical trial eyed on candidate drug against prion disease

Clinical trial eyed on candidate drug against prion disease

Prof. Kazuo Kuwata of the United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences of Gifu University shows off a facility for testing a candidate drug against prion disease in Gifu, central Japan, on Feb. 13, 2015. His R&D team will begin a clinical trial on the drug, which the university claims will be the first such study in the world, probably in January 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo