Japan says banned part found in U.S. beef

Written by ryan on Apr 23rd, 2008 | Filed under: Business, Japan

Original USA Today story here.

California’s happy cows make the best cheese, but that still doesn’t change the fact that Japan is paranoid about Mad Cow and US beef.

Japanese officials said Wednesday that a spinal column was found in a U.S. beef shipment in violation of a trade accord that prohibits parts believed to pose a risk of mad cow disease.

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The meat was in storage since August and was intended for fast-food chain Yoshinoya D&C, which uses U.S. beef for its popular beef bowl dish, said a Ministry of Health spokesman who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to media.

I’ll take extra spine in my gyu-don please. . .

This is how you remove the spine:

removing cow spine