Sukiya restaurant chain won't use U.S. beef

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Friday, November 18, 2005 at 07:12 JST
TOKYO - Zensho Co, operator of the Sukiya chain of restaurants, will
not use American beef as long as safety concerns remain even after
Japan has lifted an import ban, President Kentaro Ogawa said Thursday.
"We cannot use it (U.S. beef) from the viewpoint of consumer safety,"
Ogawa said.

Ogawa voiced skepticism about the safety of American beef following his
visit to meat processing plants in the United States. Brains and other
specified risk materials, which are regarded as likely to be infected
with mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, are not
incinerated for disposal at U.S. plants, according to Ogawa.

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