We concluded that with regard to the risk of mad cow disease, the difference between Japanese beef and meat from American cattle aged 20 months or below is very small.
If U.S. beef shipments to Japan will come from a limited number of facilities, we can easily check their safety. But if not, it would be very difficult to do so.
Our conclusion is based on the assumption that all the conditions are met. If those conditions are broken, our conclusion is no longer valid.
In today's meeting we were not able to reach an agreement.
I did not want to make a conclusion today and tell those who were absent to accept it.
I hope we can have a discussion based on a draft report at the next meeting.
The risk would be very low, if proper precautions are strictly followed, ... And even if imports are resumed, we must consider halting (imports) once again if those conditions are not met.
If the conditions are maintained, the risk is very slim.
We are in the final stage of wrapping up our discussion.
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