EU urges Japan to drop beef block

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Tokyo: The EU’s top agriculture official urged Japan to open up its market for beef from the whole bloc, saying Europe expected “reciprocity” for importing Japan’s famous Wagyu and Kobe beef.

Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan told reporters that “only a small number of countries” in the EU had gained access to the Japanese market for beef products despite BSE – commonly called mad cow disease – having been eliminated since 2005.

The fact the EU allows access for Wagyu and Kobe beef is “an indication of our goodwill” in this area, noted the commissioner. From 1996, Japan banned beef imports from Britain, citing fears of BSE infection, and it extended the ban to ban all EU-produced beef products in 2000. However, the 19 other nations in the 28-member bloc, including major economies such as Germany and Spain, remain affected by the ban.

 

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