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From: TSS (216-119-144-62.ipset24.wt.net)
Subject: The Fourth Japan-U.S. Consultation (OR BRIBE) on the BSE issue
Date: October 19, 2004 at 9:46 am PST

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Subject: The Fourth Japan-U.S. Consultation on the BSE issue
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:32:09 -0500
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
To: BSE-L@UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE

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USDA Press Office: 202-720-4623
Press Office, U.S. Embassy, Tokyo Tel. 2334-5264 / 5265 / 5266 Fax. 3586-3282

04-29R October 19, 2004

The Fourth Japan-U.S. Consultation on the BSE issue

On October 21 (Thu.) and 22 (Fri.), 2004, the Government of Japan and the United States Government will hold a consultation in Tokyo (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) on the BSE issue.

At the Consultation, the two Governments will discuss issues related to the resumption of mutual trade of U.S. and Japanese beef, based on the progress made regarding the issues since the Third Consultation that took place on April 24, 2004.

Participants in the consultation are as follows:

Japan:

Kenichiro Sasae, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

Takashi Toguchi, Director-General, Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Director-General of the Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries;

(Observer) Katsuaki Suguira, Director, Information and Emergency Response Division, Food Safety Commission Secretariat, Cabinet Office; and other officials;

United States:

-J.B. Penn, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA

-Chuck Lambert, Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing & Regulatory Programs

-Merle D. Pierson, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety

-Ellen Terpstra, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service

-Stephen Sundlof, Director of the Food and Drug Administrationâ?Ts Center for Veterinary Medicine

-Beth Bechdol, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for FFAS

-Steve Wickman, Office of Agricultural, Biotechnology, and Textile Trade Affairs,
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State

-John Neuffer, USTR

USDA News
oc.news@usda.gov
202 720-4623
TSS

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