Vol. 21 No. 8 April 2004

Domestic
Government Investigation Team Finds US Precautions Against BSE "Inadequate"
MAFF to Establish More Detailed Criteria for BSE Risk Assessment to
Cover Countries With Outbreaks
LDP Publishes Draft "Basic Law on Food Awareness Education"
"Landscape Preservation Law" to Open Up Way for NPOs to Use Farmland
Yamaguchi Prefecture to be Declared Fowl Plague Free on February 19
International
Lifting of Ban on Poultry Product Imports is Conditional on Thorough Avian Flu
Countermeasures
No Progress in Japan-US Talks on Lifting of US Beef Import Ban
Topics
90% of Consumers Concerned at Japan's Low Food Self-Sufficiency Ratio
Food Expenditure Down 1.2%; Sharp Fall in Spending on Fruit and Vegetables
Environment, Science and Technology
Cabinet Office Launches Avian Influenza Emergency Research Program
Food Marketing and Distribution
2003 Foreign Trade Statistics: Imports of Fresh Vegetables Rise Sharply
MAFF Establishes New JAS Standard for Pork Requiring Disclosure of Production
Information

Promoting Food Awareness Education: the Need to Make Japan a More Sensitive Society

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