U.S. Beef Shipment May Have Violated Japan's Age Rules
US - Last week Japan announced it was shutting down imports from Tyson Food's plant in Lexington, Neb., because part of a beef shipment from the plant couldn't be proven to have come from cattle no more than 20 months old. However, USDA Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday that U.S. officials don't know for certain whether the shipment actually violated the rule.U.S. and Japanese officials are talking to try to limit any ramifications from the incident.
Source: Wallace Farmer