Fed: Aust tells Japan it can fill beef shortfall

AAP General News (Australia)
01-10-2004
Fed: Aust tells Japan it can fill beef shortfall

An Australian delegation has told Japanese officials Australia can fill the shortfall
in beef supplies caused by America's mad cow disease scare.

At a meeting with Japanese agriculture and trade officials, Meat and Livestock Australia
said local producers can step in to provide more beef to the Japanese market.

Japan, and 20 other countries, banned American beef imports after the discovery of
mad cow disease in the United States just before Christmas.

The US normally supplies about a third of Japan's beef.

Since the ban, …