USDA’s Japan Export Investigation Report

The USDA’s Japan Export Investigation Report was released and for anyone interested in the entire report here is a link:

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Japan_E...ion_Report.pdf

Otherwise the key points of the 65 page report are:
-- the shipment of three boxes of veal with vertebral column did not present a health risk to the public.
-- the incident was the result of inadequate familiarity on the part of the U.S. exporter and USDA inspector with the specific products eligible for shipment to Japan.
-- the circumstances surrounding the ineligible shipment were unique.
-- the shipment does not indicate weakness in the overall U.S. beef processing or inspection or export systems.
-- the United States places a high priority on meeting Japanese standards for imported beef.
-- the Food Safety and Inspection Service has held interactive web-based training for its responsible inspection program personnel.
-- the Agricultural Marketing Service will maintain a list of specific products approved for export to each country on an internal website accessible to FSIS trained inspection program personnel.



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