Musashi wrote:

> Hello all of you nihon taizai no Gaikoku no okata.
> Japanese TV (at least Fujiterebi) is going nuts with the end of the gyuudon
> coverage. Is the ban on US beef into Japan bothering any Gaikojin,

The way many people and governments are banning foreign sources of beef after
the discovery of even one cow with BSE, or foreign poultry during the bird flu
scare, while not being careful enough about their own food supply, is
laughable. Canada, which did not place a ban on US beef, appears to be one
country to see the absurdity of attitudes like that of Japan and the US.

> or is this just a JP thing?

I believe it was 30 countries which have placed bans on imports of US beef, so
it is not just a Japanese thing, but the demands of the Japanese government on
resuming imports, or the continuing belief of many consumers that ONLY food
sold in Japan (despite being from global sources like their heavy metal and
dioxin laden seafood, particularly tuna, whale and dolphin; or domestic food
sources of dubious quality) is "safe" or "100% safe" are also ridiculous.
Japanese have such short memories of their own food scandals such as the mad
cow discovered right here in Fukuyama. Most claim not to even have heard of it
or do not believe it, while so uptight about American beef and other "foreign"
problems.

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