I stopped eating beef a couple of years ago because I do NOT trust the Bush administration to properly police the American beef industry. I really think it's just a matter of time before somebody comes down with mad cow here.The Japanese are smart to ban American beef. They understand what a deadly combination the Bush USDA and beef are.
Just a month after Japan lifted a two-year ban on United States beef, it re-imposed it in January after a Brooklyn meatpacker shipped veal containing backbone, which many Asian countries think carries a risk for mad cow disease.BushCo. has shown time and time again that they'll gladly allow the foxes to guard the henhouse. I don't trust them with my life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/national/17cnd-veal.html