Japan lifts 20-year restrictions on Canadian processed meat

Published 2023년 3월 27일

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Japan has recently lifted a 20-year ban on Canadian imports of processed meat, marking a significant expansion in trade relations between the two countries. This decision, announced on March 22, follows a series of restrictions imposed after a BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) case was detected in Alberta, Canada, in 2003. The removal of these restrictions allows Japan to import a wider range of Canadian processed meat products, including hamburgers. This development is particularly timely, as Japan plans to reduce tariffs on beef imports starting April 1, in line with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership. Canada, a major beef exporter, had prohibited the practice of using mammalian protein in animal feed in 1997 to prevent BSE.

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Japan has removed 20-year restrictions on Canadian imports of processed meat, allowing trade to expand, Agriculture Canada said on Monday. Japan, like many other nations, restricted imports of Canadian beef after the discovery in 2003 in the province of Alberta of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Importing countries gradually lifted restrictions, and Japan's latest move lifted remaining restrictions affecting Canadian processed meat such as hamburgers, a government spokesman said. Japan, Canada's second-largest beef and veal export market in January according to Statistics Canada data, lifted restrictions on March 22, the spokesperson said. Japan bought C$518 million (US$379.29 million) worth of Canadian beef and beef products last year. Japan's lifting of restrictions comes as it is scheduled to lower tariffs on beef imports starting April 1 under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade ...

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