Audio release of USMEF President And CEO Comments On The Reopening Of The Japan Beef Market...

Suggested Lead: After an almost two year absence, the government of Japan announced today that its market is once again open to U.S. beef. Japan has completed an exhaustive review of U.S. beef and found it safe. Japan was the leading export market for the U.S. beef industry prior to the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy found in the United States in December 2003.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation, an organization that works to increase access and demand for U.S. red meat internationally, is very happy about today's announcement from Japan and looks forward to helping Japanese consumers enjoy the great taste of U.S. beef again. USMEF President and CEO Philip M. Seng says...

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Seng talks about today’s announcement from Japan…

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Seng thanks those making this decision possible...

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The U.S. beef industry looks forward to supplying U.S. beef to Japan, says Seng…

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Seng concludes…

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The U.S. Meat Export Federation is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, lamb, corn, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs.

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