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Article: Japan to ban T-bone steaks, bouillon cubes for fear of mad cow
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- November 14, 2003
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AP Worldstream
11-14-2003
Dateline: TOKYO
Japan decided on Friday to ban T-bone steaks, bouillon cubes and other beef products from the backbone of cows raised in countries hit by mad cow disease.
The use of spinal cord extracts in such foods has already been prohibited in Japan, which is fighting a domestic outbreak of mad cow disease and is wary of the fatal human variant it is believed to cause.
Officials now believe entire backbones from infected animals pose similar health risks to humans when ingested, Health Ministry spokeswoman Suzuko Tanaka said.
The decision by a Health Ministry panel halts the domestic manufacture and sale of food products containing cattle backbone from Japan and ...
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