http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3646769.htmlForty-five cows at a farm in northern Japan are suspected of having mad cow disease and will be destroyed, officials said Thursday.
I heard about this on NPR News on the way to work yesterday and watched the Japanese news last night and this morning to see if there was anything discussed about this topic/article but heard hardly a peep about the subject.
Imo Japan is employing a double standard in regards to the problems with the importing of US beef and claiming that it's beef herds throughout the country are safe and promoting Japanese Beef as being safer. I find that hard to believe with reports like this coming out and the fact that the mainstream media in is seemingly Japan making an active decision not to report the fact that Japanese beef as well, is possibly/probably tainted with the Mad Cow Disease.
Granted ONEcow was found to have the disease in the US, and that started the uproar here, and subsequent ban on US Beef imports, but there have been something like 20 to 40 cows here in Japan that have been tested and found to have the disease. Also the one cow that was found in the US originated from Canada. The first confirmed case of BSE here in Japan was way back in 2001 but there was no ban by the government on shipment of beef throughout the country as there has been with the imports of US beef.
Just another case of double standards imho....any comments or thoughts?