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Panel recommends end to beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, head of an expert panel of the government's Food Safety Commission speaks with reporters after the commission recommended an end to the two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef on Dec. 8.

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Panel OKs draft report recommending end to beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, head of a specialists panel of the government's Food Safety Commission, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 31 after his panel adopted a draft report recommending an end to Japan's two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. Beef and beef offal from U.S. and Canadian cattle aged up to 20 months are at ''very low'' risk if materials that could transmit mad cow disease are properly removed, the draft report said.

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Panel meets on lifting beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa (L), head of the Food Safety Commission's specialists panel, speaks at the opening of the panel's session, called 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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(2)Gov't panel calls for easing of blanket mad cow tests

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa (C), head of a government-appointed panel on mad cow disease, speaks at a press conference after a meeting of the panel on March 27. The panel called on the government to jettison its policy of testing all cattle, setting the stage for a possible easing of a ban on U.S. beef imports.

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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.

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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)

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(2)Gov't panel calls for easing of blanket mad cow tests

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa (C), head of a government-appointed panel on mad cow disease, speaks at a press conference after a meeting of the panel on March 27. The panel called on the government to jettison its policy of testing all cattle, setting the stage for a possible easing of a ban on U.S. beef imports. (Kyodo)

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Panel OKs draft report recommending end to beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, head of a specialists panel of the government's Food Safety Commission, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 31 after his panel adopted a draft report recommending an end to Japan's two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. Beef and beef offal from U.S. and Canadian cattle aged up to 20 months are at ''very low'' risk if materials that could transmit mad cow disease are properly removed, the draft report said. (Kyodo)

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Panel recommends end to beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, head of an expert panel of the government's Food Safety Commission speaks with reporters after the commission recommended an end to the two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef on Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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Panel meets on lifting beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa (L), head of the Food Safety Commission's specialists panel, speaks at the opening of the panel's session, called on Oct. 31 to discuss whether to recommend an end to Japan's two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. (Kyodo)