Not sure if you are interested or not, but Japan has also had BSE found in its cows.
Now, what they do at restaurants that sell a lot of beef like Yakiniku restaurants (Korean barbecue) is at the front of the store they have the "serial number" of the animal available. Customers can take down the number of the animal and check it's health/background on line. I believe that they also do that for pork as well.
Family restaurants have started putting up signs saying which countries their ingredients come from. For example - potatoes from the US or Canada, beef from Australia, etc.
Because Japan has to import so much food, it's really interesting to know where it all comes from.
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Now, what they do at restaurants that sell a lot of beef like Yakiniku restaurants (Korean barbecue) is at the front of the store they have the "serial number" of the animal available. Customers can take down the number of the animal and check it's health/background on line. I believe that they also do that for pork as well.
Family restaurants have started putting up signs saying which countries their ingredients come from. For example - potatoes from the US or Canada, beef from Australia, etc.
Because Japan has to import so much food, it's really interesting to know where it all comes from.