Japan beef agreement – next steps

Suggested Lead: Now that the governments of Japan and the United States have agreed to resume beef trade, the U.S. Meat Export Federation has begun the work of helping our industry understand and implement these new beef export requirements, according to USMEF President and CEO Phil Seng. The next major step in that process is slated for next week, he says …

Some details of the program are still unclear, says Seng, …

In Japan, USMEF has been at work throughout the past 10 months to educate consumers and the trade … according to Seng …

Seng says it’s still too soon to estimate when the first shipments of beef will be on the way to Japan.

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, corn, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs.

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