U.S. beef on Japanese restaurant menu is first since ban
10:23 a.m. Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Beef from the U.S. is back on the menu in Japan.
The Zenshoku chain says it plans to serve U.S. beef in barbecue dishes, starting today.
Zenshoku Company is the first Japanese restaurant to begin using U.S. beef since the ban was lifted last month.
Three years ago, the Japanese government banned U.S. beef due to mad cow fears.
The country once imported more than $1 billion worth of American beef a year.
After grain, beef is the second largest export from Kansas, and Kansas ranks second in the nation in the value of live animals, beef, and hides exported to foreign markets. A significant portion of that beef is sent to East Asia. Japan is currently the top foreign market for Kansas beef - and for U.S. beef - and South Korea is not far behind, according to a Web site that works to bridge the gap between Asia and rural Kansas communities.
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