Japan may lift animal shipment ban in July
Thursday, 1 July 2010
TOKYO, June 30 (Bloomberg): Japan may lift a ban in July on domestic beef and pork shipments imposed two months ago after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth, as no cases have been found since the government completed culling infected animals last week.
Shipments of live animals from disease-hit areas in Miyazaki prefecture in southern Japan may resume as early as July 16, unless a fresh outbreak occurs, said Hiroaki Ogura at the animal health division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The government finished slaughtering all infected animals on June 25.
Shipments of live animals from disease-hit areas in Miyazaki prefecture in southern Japan may resume as early as July 16, unless a fresh outbreak occurs, said Hiroaki Ogura at the animal health division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The government finished slaughtering all infected animals on June 25.