CANADA – JAPAN
January 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIE
FOLLOWING a recent official visit to Japan, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed he had convinced the Japanese government to hasten its scientific investigations on his country's BSE outbreaks, so it swiftly reopens its borders to Canadian beef. It has been banned in Japan since an Alberta cow was discovered to have BSE in 2003.
FOLLOWING a recent official visit to Japan, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed he had convinced the Japanese government to hasten its scientific investigations on his country's BSE outbreaks, so it swiftly reopens its borders to Canadian beef. It has been banned in Japan since an Alberta cow was discovered to have BSE in 2003.
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