- TOKYO (Kyodo News) -- The
chairman of the government's Food Safety Commission on Friday played down
the seriousness of mad cow disease in the United States. "Deep down,
I think the risk of BSE in the U.S. was hardly taken seriously," Masaaki
Terada said during a workshop on food safety.
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- Terada also said that as the U.S. government does not
have enough data on the disease, it is still difficult to scientifically
assess the danger of the brain-wasting disease in the country, leading
to Japan's ban on American beef imports. The commission is therefore collecting
information to determine necessary safety measures against U.S. beef, Terada
said.
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